[Mobile-Portable] Heavy Duty mobil mount that is quick disconnect availibility???

[K7fe@aol.com]

I built a 40 meter mobil antenna using 7 feet of 3/4 thinwall conduit as the 
base with 3/8 - 24 thread nut and bolt welded on oposite ends, a 6 inch dia., 
6 inches high loading coil of #10 wire glued to popsicle sticks to hold it's 
shape with a 5 foot ss whip at the top.  The loading coil has a 1 inch 
diameter, 6 inch long fiberglass rod in the center and the rod has 3/8 -24 nuts 
epoxyed into each end.  This 12 1/2 foot tall antenna mounts on a 2" wide L channel 
iron that is welded to my Ford Winstar van's frame about 8 inches behind the 
drivers side rear wheel, and extends about 6 inches out from the drivers side 
of the van's body.  At 2 inches from the end, I have a hole drilled in the 
channel iron and have bolted an insulated Hustler Quick disconnect adapter, but 
the Hustler mount is too flimsey for my heavy wind loading antenna.  I am afraid 
that the rocking motion at the antenna base will fatige the Hustler mount and 
I will lose my antenna on the freeway.

Does anyone have any suggestions??? 

I built the mobil antenna to accomidate my home brew 8 transistor linear hf 
amplifier which puts out about 1000 watts (measured on my Bird watt meter).


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