[Mobile-Portable] Outbacker

[DavidE Benedict]

I had a screwdriver for 7 years and it was great. I crashed the mount &
sold the antenna,...and decided to try an AH-4 and and 102 inch whip. 

I mounted the AH-4 directly opposite the whip on the underside of the roof
of my older car... with a wide insulating feedthru almost directly to the
base of the whip. Lousy! Bad. Tuned up but didn't get out hardly at all.

Went back to a screwdriver, and all is well again! Yea!

You simply cannot beat a high-mounted center-loaded resonant antenna (read
that "screwdriver") for a mobile instalation. My new one (Larry's
Antennas) tunes 160M thru 6M...no kidding. I was skeptical but you can't
argue with the results. High mounted is worthwhile if you can do it, and
stay up and away from the vehicle's metal with the base of the screwdriver
because this is the major radiator portion.

I can email you photos of my mount (off thread, of course) if you are
interested.

David
W7DBH


mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net,Internet writes:
>     In my option it is nothing but an expensed piece of junk. I wouldn't
>have one if it was given to me. In serval test performed my mobile
>operators
> it came in last place. I use Super Hustlers, modified and plain. If you
>have the money, the screwdrivers are the best. Also, a lot of people use
>the
>Icom AH-4 with a 102 inch steel whip. Only problem with this is the AH-4
>is
>not water proof as per Icom. 
>JV    
> 
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> 
>>
>> Dear Group,
>> I'm wanting to go "mobile," and I'm trying to decide
>> what antenna that I want to attach to my truck.  I
>> have a FT-100, and I'm thinking about going to the
>> "Outbacker".
>>
>> Has anyone used this antenna, and do you like it?
>>
>> 73
>> Jim
>> KB9VTM
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