[Mobile-Portable] Re:Antennas/mounts - Diamond K-400, Outbacker Perth Plus

Fri, 13 Jun 2003 03:02:36 -0700 (PDT)

I run the K400 also and use hamsticks with no problem
at all.  I was not able to get a good ground on trunk
lid alone [scraping].  I have ran a ground strap from
tuner to main body.  Sorry off subject, the trunk lip
mount is super.  Check periodically from wind etc, a
couple of the four set screws can work loose.  I check
them every couple of months, in last year had to
tighten twice.  Very satisfied with setup.

73 Chuck AA8VS

--- Gary Pearce KN4AQ <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 07:25 AM 6/8/2003 -0400, Don Flenner wrote:
> >Greetings All,
> >
> >I have not had a rig in a car for many many years.
> I will be installing a
> >multi-band/multi-mode rig in the family vehicle
> which is a Buick LeSabre so
> >would like to keep the installation fairly low
> profile. The plan is to mount
> >the antenna on the truck lip. I am interested in
> operating primarily on 20
> >meters through 10 meters. What are ya'll using as
> for as antennas and
> >mounts? Pro and Cons.....
> >
> >Don, W4YCH
> 
> 
> The Diamond K-400 mount will hold a fairly
> substantial antenna.  It's a 
> trunk-lip mount, secured by four set-screws under
> the lip.  (Dcrape off the 
> paint where the screws tighten - that's your ground.
>  And no-ox it to keep 
> the bare metal from corroding).  The K-400 comes in
> pieces - the lip mount, 
> and then your choice of connectors for the antenna:
> 3/8" stud, UHF or 
> NMO.  A short piece of thin coax (RG-172 or
> something like that - much 
> smaller than RG-58) gets you through the trunk
> weather-seal.  Then you use 
> a double-female coax adapter to whatever coax takes
> you into the 
> vehicle.  If your radio is trunk-mounted and
> remoted, the short piece of 
> coax is long enough to reach the radio.  About $70
> with the mount and 
> antenna connector.
> 
> I have the Outbacker Perth Plus on my K-400. 
> Reasonable performance on 
> 40-10.  And "they say they can hear me" on 75 (about
> 20 khz bandwidth there 
> before you get out and change the length of the
> whip).  It's no 
> screwdriver, but I make lots of contacts, including
> plenty of 
> DX.  Hamsticks are cheaper, unless you buy one for
> every band.  Then it's 
> about a wash.  About $300, if I recall right.  By
> the way, the full Perth 
> is a little longer, but seems to stress the K-400,
> while the shorter Perth 
> Plus doesn't.
> 
> 73,
> Gary KN4AQ
> [email protected]
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