[Mobile-Portable] Newbie to mobile ops

[Ed Gilliland]

Hi Mark, thanks for the info.

Where did you get the 3/4" clamp-ons?

I don't have a shell.  The p/u is a quad cab short bed. 

I read through some of the info on K0BG's site, http://www.k0bg.com, 
lots of good information.

Please attach your pictures to an e-mail.

Thanks very much, Ed

Mark Schoonover wrote:

>Ed Gilliland <mailto:w5tm at earthlink.net> tapped at Friday, March 24, 2006
>8:06 PM:
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>>After doing the Oklahoma QSO Party with K5PX as NN5Z I'm interested in
>>getting a mobile setup.  I would appreciate any suggestions on my
>>planned setup.
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>>2003 Dodge diesel (noise problems?)
>>High Sierra 1800 antenna (how does it compare to the Tar Heel
>>antenna?) 
>>OMNI VI Plus
>>NO5W CQ/x software for QSO Parties
>>WriteLog for everything else
>>Earthmate GPS
>>Dell Inspiron Laptop
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>>Thanks, Ed/W5TM
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>Ed,
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>	I have a 2003 Dodge diesel, and yes you'll have some injector noise
>to deal with, but it's pretty easy. I put 3 clamp on 3/4" R/F chokes on the
>cable that leads to/from the injector pump. Plus, I had to ground the
>tailpipe. You'll get most of your noise around 20M, depending on the length
>of your truck - mine is the quad cab, long bed version, and the overall
>length ends up being close to quarter wave on 20.
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>	Do you have a shell?? I modified a HiQ 3/80 RT antenna to fit
>vertically under my shell. I then installed a good quality ballmount right
>above the antenna, on the side of the shell. Then I attached a 1 foot
>extension, a 32" caphat, then enough topwhip to reach 13 feet tall.
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>	If you'd like, I could post some photos somewhere for you to see my
>setup. I have made a custom radio cabinet for the cab that houses an
>IC-2710H, IC-706, RS Scanner and an IC-38A 220 rig. I have plans to install
>a mostly homebrew 500 watt amp as well. That's going in over the next couple
>of weeks.
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>HTH & 73,
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>Mark
>KA6WKE
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