Morning;
One of my mobile ventures is Amateur radio on my Harley. Talk about your
"minimum ground plane", any way I found that a "one-half wave" antenna
works better that the other standards when you do not have a ground plane.
As far as mounting the antenna goes you may have to get inventive! I made
a clamp that fit on the chrome "luggage rack" and clamped that good and
solid, then mounted the antenna there. Works pretty good considering the
whole rear end of the motorcycle is plastic.
73 Paul K9PEP
At 08:10 PM 4/22/99 -0500, Bill Hawkins wrote:
>
>Not being familiar with mobiling, how can you make a good
>antenna mount with the all fiberglas bodies and bumpers.
>Is it wise to use a trailer hitch as a mount if it is welded to the frame?
>I am getting ready to start mobiling.
> Thanks
>Bill W5EC
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dale L. Martin <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
>To: 'Ten Tec List' <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 7:35 PM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Mobile power wiring
>
>
>>
>>>Don,
>>>
>>>General Motors Corp. recommendation for installation of radio
>>equipment in
>reasons. The radio should "float" and not be grounded in
>
>
>>snip<
>.
>>>RF ground connection is made ONLY at the base of the antenna.
>>
>
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