Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1102; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id t4TF7cXY028346 for ; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:07:38 +0200 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1YyLpe-00053Q-Qn for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:04:22 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1YyLpe-00053H-I2 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:04:22 +0100 Received: from mail-yk0-f182.google.com ([209.85.160.182]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1YyLpc-0005yT-L3 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:04:21 +0100 Received: by ykfr66 with SMTP id r66so23143853ykf.0 for ; Fri, 29 May 2015 08:04:18 -0700 (PDT) X-DKIM-Result: Domain=gmail.com Result=Good and Known Domain DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/Z4o1Flqla/VzN+QQFBKVbztqzeGex0y8XqSoxX70PQ=; b=B46VQi4V0obVDK1YwfH6CfL1P3bMEnQQcDp7/qbLBWV8s/0E6an3ao+/BInlB2xT22 9b83lNKaYFDiP+J3hAsmZhZcn2yc7klLyw1B8Fi1XNl+HSwmqPPnqcxGRHxkheC6QOF8 S3SZRAoyJ1kDqUaph96JRjYwOZYQtbBeSC8/VddRTfpi1p7e0bA7aht/IBohzK8S2vy+ 06I8F8zvrAwNTGD87ZCM1pZgM61lSRbcq5UmFmekKUtUdjnlDrFcJwH6o1mpQ9WVMJu1 UNAYJ30htismkfToa4tS/Qar8r8YcqrfHwRLnN2AHGUWUvnIUlfJEYqYGu+HvH+OXrA7 K8Mg== X-Received: by 10.236.111.35 with SMTP id v23mr8762056yhg.109.1432911858507; Fri, 29 May 2015 08:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (h111.158.82.166.dynamic.ip.windstream.net. [166.82.158.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f75sm4395095yha.7.2015.05.29.08.04.16 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 29 May 2015 08:04:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55687FF0.4050300@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 11:04:16 -0400 From: Dexter McIntyre W4DEX User-Agent: Messenger 9.0a1 (Windows/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <394FEA4DA5AA4542828CB5F63AEE2C88@F6CNIToshiba> <474231660.434744.1432735092592.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <556640CA.1080101@posteo.de> <633B30A9-8836-44B6-850C-4DA304E51048@gmail.com> <55687811.60507@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <55687811.60507@aol.com> X-Scan-Signature: 0b2d339ae1d48966556dfb6ad64e2bce Subject: Re: LF: MF mobile ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.10 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3342 g4gvw wrote: > I well remember that many years ago there was a photo in either Radcom > or Short Wave Magazine, of an Austin Mini equipped with a rather large > base-loaded Top Band (160M) antenna with the caption " The Mobile > Station of G3???/M Screwed to the Base of his antenna!" Far from the size of an Austin Mini is my 1979 van with a 160 meter antenna. This actually worked very well operating stationary during a ARRL 160 contest about ten years ago. I also operated some while in motion after adding a spring to the antenna base and a monofilament fishing line to keep the antenna vertical and to act as a fuse just in case the antenna hit something. http://www.w4dex.com/hf_mobile/160_meter_mobile.htm I see I failed to add there is a matching transformer inside the van right at the feed point. Dex