[Mobile-Portable] Screwdriver Antenna & Mobile Setups

[WD8ARZ]

Great description of what your running Dave, and way KooL on the North 
Korean contact!

Wish I had the room under the hood for a spare battery, but there are 
three rows of seats, so the space on the floor between the third and 
second row works out just fine ... hi

I used Velcro strips on my dash to hold those small light control heads 
that control the heavier modules that they are connected to further back 
in the vehicle. If I am driving, they are on that side, if my wife 
drives, there on the passenger side and I play even more ham radio than 
when I drive.

Years ago while mobiling hf from Sault Ste Marie, Michigan south to S.E. 
Michigan, I came across a strong cw signal while on I75. Used my hand 
mic to key the Yaesu radio and said hello to a Novice. He was thrilled 
to have worked a mobile ....  :-)

Interesting the 'cantilevered' antenna mount David. Got a url on that 
one or is it home brew?

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ

On 1/17/2014 6:45 PM, David wrote:
> Bill, here's the basics:
> I have an ICOM-706MKIIG under the passenger seat and a "Larry's Antennas"
> screwdriver cantilevered from under the front bumper and raised to a
> custom quik-mount at hood level.
>
> There's an extra diode-isolated battery under the hood dedicated to Ham
> Radio.
>
> The 706 Remote Head is angled toward the drive (Me!)on a 1/2 inch plastic
> insert that fits into the dashboard's upper-center cup holder slot.
>
> A surplus J-38 key for CW ...Key on the between-seats console lets me be a
> Code Warrior©, #63(or 69...I never remember). "Putting code on the road
> using the primary mode"
>
> --I cannot prove that one afternoon in about 1997 while driving around
> Beaverton Oregon I had a 59 contact with a coveted North Korean station on
> 20m ssb!
>
> David  W7DBH
>