[MRCA] Manpack HF ntenna Ideas?

[B. Smith]

The AB mount also is easily attached to the standard ALICE frame for 
"mobile" ops. Use hose clamps (painted black of course). Just loosen the 
clamps for fix base operations.


On 2/16/2023 7:36 PM, Gene Smar via MRCA wrote:
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>     Jeep:
>
>          The AB-1135/PRC mount is an angle iron mount that is driven
>     into the ground by bootheel and has a Prc-10 type of antenna
>     mounting block to accommodate an AT-271 fishing pole antenna. I'm
>     thinking this mount, along with a few radials on the ground, will
>     give you a decent match but won't be very efficient or effective
>     on these low bands. I'm thinking a (very) long wire antenna and a
>     counterpoise wire might be more effective. Think AT-984A/G from
>     the PRC-25.
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>
>     73 d
>
>     Gene Smar AD3F 
>
>
>     Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
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>
>     On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 6:59 PM, Doran Platt
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>     <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:
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>     I have a tactical tricked-out Yaesu FT-897D with an LDG AT-897
>     tuner. Even have the requisite H-250. I have used it a time or two
>     for Moose and Squirrel with an inverted V in the back-yard. Is
>     there a practical design for a whip that would work on the lower
>     band 80/40/5MHz? I have some rods from a 292 antenna and a folding
>     antenna from a PRC-8,9, or 10. Running the '897D from a 12v
>     battery the power level is about 40 watts at best (vice a solid
>     100 watts with 13.5V). Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree? A
>     decent counterpoise is always the bugaboo. TNX
>
>     Jeep K3HVG
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