>From 20 years of experimenting, I have found that there is virtually no
>difference between vertical and horizontal antennas on E-skip and F2.However,
>on groundwave(up to 60 miles), it DEFINITELY makes a BIG difference! BTW,
>there is a company making a 3-ring halo for 6! I have the M2 Sqloop on 6m and
>a Pro-Am(similar to Lakeview)vertical both resonant on the low end of 6.Good
>luck with the 54 inch vertical!
Joe W4AAB EM65
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Huntington
To: Cboone@earthlink.net
Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Re: Mobile antenna question
hi Chris, the ball and spring will be a vertical antenna but a very rugged
one. Cut the whip to around 54 inches for six. So what if its vertical, it will
work. Maybe aa few db down from a saturn ssix but it will work. Give it a try.
If you don't likthe way it works, you have a FB mount for any HF antenna you
want to put on it. Drilling the hole only hurts once! Good luck and Merry
Christmas. 73, Don K1DH k1dh1@hotmail.com
>From: "Christopher (Chris) W. Boone"
>To: Qrpvhf@aol.com
>CC: rover@qth.net, VHFcontesting@contesting.com, vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] Re: Mobile antenna question
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:05:24 -0600
>
>It will work in the Horiz mode but be highly directive...you would
>be better off with the DAR OmniAngle antenna or something similar..
>BUT cant hurt to try if you have one and its free :)
>
>(But drilling holes is never fun in the cab! :(
>
>Chris
>WB5ITT
>
>Qrpvhf@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I have looked all over the net, and books I have to no avail...
> >
> > I have come into a few ball antenna mounts with springs and whip from
work
> > where we are changing to new base loaded antennas for 37.940Mhz.
> >
> > If I were to mount one of these on the side of the cab of my truck as
high as
> > possible, and angled the whip as close to horizontal as possible, would
it
> > act/work as a dipole antenna. There is no bed on the truck so nearby
metal is
> > not a problem.
> >
> > The reason for this antenna idea is that my last 6meter loop was
destroyed by
> > vandals and I was hoping this antenna might not draw as much attention as
the
> > halo did.
> >
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