[Mobile-Portable] Outbacker

[paul goble]

David:

Please send pictures of your screwdriver mount - I would love to mount
mine on top of the pickup truck bed rails (4'6" of the road), but the
bridges are low enough at 13'6" to cause problems......at least I have a
model which can be single-bolt mounted at the base........comments?

Thanks!

Paul ND2X/5

DavidE Benedict wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> >-------Original Message-------
> >
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> >----
> >Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, mobile-portable-owner at mailman.qth.net
> >
> >
> 
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, mobile-portable-owner at mailman.qth.net