[Mobile-Portable] Are you prepping your mobile for the coming winter?

[Stephen Wilson]

Bill:

Great post!

You might also want to stop at your nearest large truck stop, and pick up a
12-volt soldering iron. They come in two versions: Cigarrette lighter plug,
and battery clips. Cost: Around $12 each the last two I bought. (one for me
and one for a friend.)

73s, and drive safe!

Steve, XE1UFO -- KA5SUT


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:40 AM, WD8ARZ <wd8arz at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello to all you HF mobiles.
>
> Curious what the rest of you all do to prep your HF mobiles for winter.
>
> Running a TS-480HX in to a HiQ 5/160 screw driver antenna on the rear of a
> 2005 Trail Blazer.
>
> Items I have performed so far are:
>
> Tightened up all connections for the antenna mount, quick disconnect on
> the antenna mount, and grounding cables.
> Made sure all taped up areas are sealed well, and re-taped if needed.
> Cleaned out all quick disconnects male and female ends, and put on a fresh
> layer of lubricant.
> Tightened all connections on the screw driver antenna, including capacity
> hat elements and whip mount.
> Thoroughly cleaned the full HiQ antenna mast, coil, top hat wire elements,
> whips and extension rods.
> Applied RainX to full HiQ antenna from bottom to top. Helps winter slush
> to fall off easily and avoiding any arc over around the coil.
> Cleaned and RainX for the two meter / four forty roof antenna.
> Checked all equipment cables and connections, and made sure all were
> tight. Especially power.
> Made tests on all bands, six meters - one sixty looking for rfi to the
> vehicle (which was running) and to the transmitted audio.
> Cleaned off all control heads and connected / disconnect cables a couple
> of times to make sure connections were clean with no intermentants when
> wiggling.
>
> Installed laptop, cell phone, and geiger counter. Started them all up,
> verified connections and internet feed to laptop worked, and geiger relayed
> counts to the two radiation maps on the internet.
> http://www.radiationnetwork.**com/ <http://www.radiationnetwork.com/> and
> http://www.blackcatsystems.**com/RadMap/map.html<http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html>
>
> Verified I had a copy of my ham license in seat pouch.
> Verified I had a copy of each states laws about scanner radios and ham
> operations (we are allowed to do that, but some officers dont know it)
> Verified I had the right tools in the vehicle to put on and take off
> antenna's as needed.
> Verified spare cables, mics, connectors, fuses and cable adapters were
> stored in vehicle.
>
> Checked grab and go kit for spare medications, prescriptions, paper copy
> of phone numbers and address.
>
> 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
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