[Rover] Re: Rover digest, Vol 1 #39 - 7 msgs

[rover@mailman.qth.net]

Jacob,
   I'm very familiar with the Subaru wagon.  There are frame mounted
hitches for those cars, but It would not be very expensive to have a
square tube fabricated to stick out from under the corner of the rear
bumper.  That would provide a solid mount for the base of the vertical
section. It can easily be supported to a roof rack with rigid braces.  
   I would spend the money on antennas before the amplifier.  The
difference betwee 10 watts and 150 is significant, but it will not help
you hear any better.  More antenna will help both ways. 
   I use KB6KQ loops.  I use one, or a beam, and 10 or 100 watts on 6M. 
The amp rarely gets turned on.  I use 25 watts and a either one or two
loops, or a beam  on 2M.  I use a pair of loops or a beam on 432 with
either 10 or 100 watts. 
   Beams and dishes are used above 432MHz  Again, I rarely use the amp,
because I've learned that if I can hear them, most of the time they can
hear me.  Occasionally I realize the other station is a long way away,
and if that is the case, and he is running a lot of power, then I may
need the amp to get the contact. 
   The vehicle here is a Nissan King Cab pickup with a single rotating
mast for the beams, and several masts for combinations of the loops.  The
main rigs are a Yaesu FT-726 on 6m and 432, with a dedicated Icom 290H
for 2M. 
     
Rod Johnson WE7X (ex KA7YOU) Grid CN97-near Issaquah, Wa.


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