[Mobile-Portable] Turbo TunerII Screwdriver Antenna Controller Source

[WD8ARZ]

Glad to share David. Am 66 here, so know where your coming from! hi hi

Using the Turbo Tuner with a TS-480HX running 200 watts into a HiQ 5/160 
screwdriver antenna. There are a bunch of screwdriver antenna's out 
there. Figured the wider the coil the better the efficiency and the 
higher the Q, thus my choice. Next one will be HiQ 6/160 for the 
additional improvement it makes on 80 and 160. Love working 160 mobile!

What is your mobile setup? Am sure we are all interested in what brings 
you your hf mobile fun.
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I have photo's in the TS480 forum showing two different mounting arrangements
on the rear of a Trail Blazer that would apply to any vehicle with a RV
towing option. Tow bar assembly should be heavy duty tubular steel with
all sections welded to each other and to the vehicle frame. That
provides a built in rf ground to the two bar slot. How ever also
recommend running a ground cable from the vehicle frame to the antenna
mount ground too.

Photo's include couple gear installs too, along with text files explain
equipment used.

http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TS-480/files
In the Files section, go to the folder named:
WD8ARZ Geiger Mobile WD8ARZ TS-480HX Mobile Installation

Geiger Counter Radiation Graph also included as this station is a 'Radio
Active' one .... hi hi  Inspector Alert Geiger Counter provides its
Counts Per Minute (CPM) via the internet  while mobile to the Radiation
Network map site at:http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

Thanks to everyone making photo's for their mobiles, much appreciated!

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ Geiger Counter Station named NULL
WD8ARZ-7    HT TH-D7AG - APRS
WD8ARZ-9    Mobile TM-D700AG - APRS 100hz pl - Monitoring 146.52
WD8ARZ-10  Android Smart Phone - APRSdroid  and U2APRS - APRS
APRS Viewer on Android displays APRS stations only, no beacon / transmitting
Using Kenwood's SkyCommand mode to operate HF with my HT

On 1/17/2014 1:07 PM, David wrote:
> Bill, thank you! I was just thinking about safety while mobile Hamming the
> other day. I use a screwdriver antenna, too. This add-on sounds like the
> cat's meow for me...especially that i am older and had to quit riding
> motorcycles because 'my mind wanders...that is, I just don't pay proper
> attention to everything like I did just a few short years ago...i WANT to
> do so, but, fact is, I don't.
> ---Sooo,... this device may be just the ticket for me.
>
> Thank you for telling your experience.
> David B.
> W7DBH (I don't want the to mean Darn Bad Ham)
> Mobile & Portable only...
>