[PaQSO] Re: What is Mobile?

[Bill Gallagher]

That was kind of what I figured. I actually have 20
odd feet on one of the whips, it rises and then  has a
right angle that brings it up to the front of the
car...it's a military NVIS whip, and it plays great on
40 out to about 350 miles or so. The other whip is the
SGC, and that does play on 160, sort of.

 I'll be close to the mid-point of the population on
Saturday night, so if I can't get 160 to play, there's
 always 80 cw!

Good luck in the 'test!

Bill WA3RA 
--- Hal Offutt <japancorporateresearch@compuserve.com>
wrote:
> Message text written by Bill Gallagher
> >Quick question for the rules guys....If I am
> stopped
> (fixed) mobile, and crank out the 33 foot whip
> (military type, mounted on the AB450 where my 20
> foot
> NVIS is mounted now), would that still be mobile, or
> would that turn me into a rover for that county?
> 
> Reason being is that 160 almost plays with the big
> whip...
> 
> Bill WA3RA<
> 
> 
> Bill,
> 
> This is one of those subjects that comes up every
> couple of years.
> 
> The rules simply say "mobile stations must be truly
> mobile."  I suppose there is room for some
> interpretation
> but to me this means that you should be able to
> drive
> your vehicle down the highway at highway speed, and
> that you can't make any changes to your vehicle
> including
> its antennas when you are stopped.  This would limit
> 
> a mobile to using an antenna that is no higher than
> the 14 
> some feet that will fit under a bridge overpass.  
> 
> Regarding 160 Meter operation, I use a dedicated 160
> meter mobile antenna made by Transel Technologies 
> in Harveysburg, Ohio (bought in 1996 and used only 
> in the PAQP).  It gets out somewhat but the
> bandwidth without 
> retuning is about 10 khz at best.  It would be quite
> a struggle
> for a QRP station, I imagine.  
> 
> GL and drive safely this year, Bill.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Hal W1NN aka W3USA/M
>       
> 


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