Folks,
Nice mobile combo is an ARGO V and a 4 1/2 foot base loaded MFJ whip
(MFJ 2620T). This whip tunes almost 1:1 w/o a tuner. I put the whip on a
magnet and stuck it on top of the Explorer. Did have to find a good ground
inside the vehicle to run to the rig. Does require a little tweaking to
get swr where you want it obviously. Mine is set for lower 20 meter cw area
of band. Running the ARGO V at a max of 20 watts with this whip do get
many 599 reports on cw on 20. This is a nice combo for someone wanting to
try mobile, especially cw. Used a SCOUT for years at about 25 wattts mobile
and it worked well on ssb, but on cw a little more difficult than the ARGO
V with nets due to difference in send and receive frequencies. The ARGO V
is stable as a rock even in hot environment of a car in summer. The short
whip is nice because you can run fast and work cw same time and not worry
about trees, etc. A hustler resonator with the standard mast works a little
better, but does tend to seek out trees and other low objects. You can
have a lot of fun with the county hunter net and a low powered rig especially
on 20 cw. Simple is good. Hostile and Mobile.
Jim, K4CFA
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