[Mobile-Portable] Off Topic Reply

[KB4IDC]

Hi Owen,
Did you sell your red Dodge? I have a friend who might be interested if it 
is available.



At 07:34 AM 11/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Usually, or at least in the past, I've known what to do but I've got a 
>challenge now that could be solved if there are any ideas out there about 
>grounding an HF antenna mount.  Here's the situation. On my new truck I 
>have a heavy duty, tubular, ladder rack.  I made a mount for my HF 
>antenna, knowing full well that the ladder rack (being bolted to the truck 
>bed side rails) was - more than likely - not a good source for "chassis 
>ground".  Turns out this is correct as I am getting a significant amount 
>of RF back down the tx line on certain bands, especially 80/75 meters and 
>on 10M.  I'm certain the problem is the lack of the mount's access to 
>chassis ground.  So, any ideas as to what to do about this - any prior 
>solutions out there?  The distance from the mount (on top of the ladder 
>rack) to anything approaching a possible chassis ground solution is about 
>5-6 feet. Short of running a 6" wide copper strap down from the mount to 
>the chassis - which would be one ugly solution - any other ideas? 
>Thanks,  Owen, K3CB
>
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>Owen Wormser, K3CB / FM18lx
>3201 Tennyson St, NW
>Washington, D.C. 20015
>http://www.c3iusa.com
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Thank you,
Robin Midgett KB4IDC