[SixClub] Re: 6 meters Mobile (w/vetical whip)

[Dennis Kaylor]

hi buck
are you using a MagMount on the roof of the van or a side mount?
if its a side mount it will be directional cause of the amount of metal 
body as a ground plane
to balance this out you could run a pair of 1/4 wave whips
which could be fun

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sixclub-
>>bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Danny Pease
>>Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:17 AM
>>To: 'World Wide Six Meter Club'
>>Subject: RE: [SixClub] Re: 6 meters Mobile (w/vetical whip)
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>>Plus polarization doesn't count for much on skywave signals, only on
>>line of sight and tropo.  The much lower angle of radiation of the
>>vertical actually makes it a much more effective antenna than the
>>horizontal loop when they are at heights less than 1/2 wavelength.
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>It also appears to be VERY directional, at least on moderately weak signals.
>If I don't have at least one bar on my s-meter, when I round a slight curve,
>I lose the station.  Stronger stations survive all but the sharpest turns
>and even some of them.  
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>73,
>Buck
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