I run 12' 2". Plenty of room in my rack. See the photos at www.okrover.info.
these are good to 120 mph of wind and road speed.
Run what you are comfortable with.
Randy, N0LD
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On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 8:31 PM, Steve Stahl<ke7ihg@gmail.com> wrote: I try
to stay below 11'.Whenever I have been higher than that I've wacked
something.
Steve K7SWS
On Sun, May 6, 2018, 4:19 PM Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com> wrote:
> Jarred's comments seem to align with my experience.
>
> I typically rove with a 1/4 wave whip for 50 MHz on the roof of my crew
> cab truck. (When I stop I setup tripod masts for the beams.) I've never
> measured the overall height of my truck with the 1/4 whip but expect it is
> approx 12 feet. The whip is fairly thin at the top and has a shock spring
> at the bottom so there hasn't been any real drama the few times I have hit
> low hanging branches at low speeds.
>
> For travel on back roads with lots of low hanging branches I take the whip
> down if needed. I drove more or less the whole way to the arctic circle
> and back from CN89 (Vancouver) with the whip in place with no significant
> issues. I even made a few QSO's from out of the way grids along the way.
>
> The experiences of others may differ from mine.
>
> All the best
>
> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
>
> mark@alignedsolutions.com
> 604 762 4099
>
> > On May 6, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Jarred Jackson <Jarred.Jackson@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Detrick,
> >
> >
> >
> > Great to hear you are looking to head out as a rover. My total fixed
> height is about 11’5”. I recommend staying under 12’ for backroad bridges
> as well as tree branches in residential neighborhoods. I came to this
> conclusion by reviewing previous postings on the VHFContesting archive and
> looking up posted bridge heights in my area of the state. I still pull some
> leaves off the tree when I leave my own driveway. Also note that if you
> have a height of 12’ and come up to a 11’7” bridge posting, all is not
> lost. Check out the shape of the bridge. You will likely see where you can
> pass under it with plenty of margin (though it may be in the center of the
> bridge or the other lane). The posting is for the worst case location.
> >
> >
> >
> > Good Luck and make sure you are paying attention to where your
> population areas will be (by looking at previous contest results on the
> ARRL website and rover plans posted in the VHFContesting archives).
> >
> >
> >
> > Jarred
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of
> Detrick Merz <detrick@merzhaus.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2018 3:55:40 PM
> > To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] Rover for June VHF
> >
> > Howdy Folks,
> >
> > A few of us are planning to try June VHF as rovers. Never done VHF
> > contesting before, and obviously not rover. But it sounds like fun so
> we're
> > going to give it a go. Planning on 6m, 2m, & 70cm. Omnis in the bed of
> the
> > truck, some yagis for stop-and-shoot. If you care, we're planning two
> > rovers (two trucks), 2 ops in each, running limited class. I'm sure we'll
> > cause all kinds of problems for each other doing it this way, but we'll
> > learn a lot too. And camping is more fun with friends.
> >
> > Yesterday I finished up the base for securing a mast into the truck bed.
> > The mast tubing recesses into this base and gets guy lines from near the
> > top to 4 existing anchor points in the bed.
> >
> > The question of the day is: how tall is too tall for going down the road?
> > The truck bed is 3' off the ground, and the tubing as it is is 10'. Is
> 13'
> > too tall, should I cut the tubing down to 8'? Should be no problem on
> major
> > roads, but I'm wondering about tree strikes on smaller roads.
> >
> > Thanks for any insight,
> >
> > -detrick
> > K4IZ
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