[Mobile-Portable] Screwdriver Antenna & Mobile Setups

[N1KHB at aol.com]

The two cars that I installed HF antennas on I was able to secure  INTERIOR 
grounds without risking exterior corrosion, etc. I liked the security  of 
guaranteed clean grounds that way. If I ever do HF mobile again I will  
endeavor to do the same or at least a protected contact point if possible.  Try 
it if you can.
   Interesting to hear a couple of the comparative screwdriver  vs. whip 
reports.
 
Best,
Joe N1KHB
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/17/2014 7:54:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
iam at pmug.org writes:

LOL --  One of my contacts from my mobile CW said: "You are my GOD!"  (:

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

It is totally my custom  arrangement for cantilever. And, I even designed
and fabricated the  "Quik-Mount-&-Connect" arrangement for the Larry's
Antenna.

The  car is a 1992 Subaru Legacy Wagon. It happened to have a handy loop of
1/2  round steel stock welded to the front-most end right-hand frame
member. It  is under the bumper and a couple inches to the rear of it. I
have some  photos of it somewhere. Everything is clamped/through-bolted to
that loop  using conductive grease for a good ground connection...has to  be
disassembled there and cleaned and re-greased every couple of  years.

David
W7DBH



** 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
**>
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