[ICOM] Best antenna for 706 mobile?

[Dr. Howard S. White]

I am using an AH-4 Tuner with a Francis Amazer 108" CB whip mounted on a
Hustler quick disconnect mount on the side of my SUV...Get good reports on
40 and 80... great reports on 20... superb reports on 17, 15,12,10..

However I also have on quick disconnects.. single band tuned Valor
antennas... these always perform at least 1-2 S units better on 40 qand 80
because they are
effectively center loaded...

So if I am driving around.. I use the long whip which tunes everywhere

... If I am stationary and want to get the best results on a single
frequency then I pop in one of the Valors.

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Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6

"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D & M Pendergast" <d_and_mpendergast at bigpond.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Best antenna for 706 mobile?


> Hello all,
>
> I am using a screwdriver on the front of my 4x4 and am very happy with it
> performance wise although there have been reliability problems associated
> with the motor.
>
> I am thinking about experimenting with a helical or continuously loaded
whip
> as an extension of Icom's AH-2b idea, together with the AH-4
>
> Has anyone else tried this approach or can anyone offer some advice on the
> losses that might occur within the AH-4 particularly on the lower bands.
>
> If performances on 80 and 40 metres are not going to be too dissimilar
> between the loaded whip and screwdriver I will go with the whip for
greater
> ease of use - just push the tune button and things are ready.
>
> Otherwise if the screwdriver has the winning hand over the AH-4 / whip
> combination then I will stick with that.
>
> The reason I ask this question is that someone may have already tried this
> and knows how well or how poorly it worked.
>
> Would be grateful for any ideas.
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Des - VK3DMP.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Shields" <w4das at adelphia.net>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:44 PM
> Subject: [ICOM] Best antenna for 706 mobile?
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >     I am considering purchasing an IC-706MKIIG for mobile use.  I have
> never
> > done any HF mobile work and thought it would be neat to give it a try.
Of
> > course, Icom recommends the AH-4 tuner and AH-2B antenna combination.
Can
> > anyone recommend this combination?  Or, what other antennas would you
> > recommend?  I don't want anything huge and I don't have to be able to
tune
> > every corner of every band.  I suspect I would use 40 and 20 meters the
> > most.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks very much.
> >
> > Doug W4DAS
> >
> >
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