k40 or sirio p5000

[Lil'Yeshua]

Here's another

 

[The Mad Scientist]

Looks good. I am supprised being that close to the luggage rack didn't give you a problem. I took mine off and put it in the dead center of the roof.

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

No it don't as far as I know. You have to remember that this is a mini SUV. I'd put in the middle of the roof but can't because of the embossed roof. You ought to see how close it is to the windshield.

 

[Mudfoot]

Cutting 55 mm total will get it in the middle of the 11 meter band

Individual results may very. Wouldn't want someone else to immediately cut that much to get in the middle.

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

Individual results may very. Wouldn't want someone else to immediately cut that much to get in the middle.

I ended up cutting about 7 centimeters off and could use another 1 centimeter cut off. But it's flat across 1 meters. That's the way it tuned for what I'm driving. The antenna is bottomed out in the holder.

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

CBRadioMagazine said that it's broad banded enough to where you could tune it for 10&11 meters. Mine's a flat 1:1:1 on C&D band on my CRE-8900
CBRadioMagazine.com - MFJ-1890 10 Meter Moxon Antenna

 

[The Mad Scientist]

The are other factors involved, Such as how large the surface (ground plane) is that it is mounted on. the useable swr curve for mine is much larger than you are seeing. But then again it is a larger vehicle and I went bonding crazy with it as well.

 

[The Mad Scientist]

CBRadioMagazine said that it's broad banded enough to where you could tune it for 10&11 meters. Mine's a flat 1:1:1 on C&D band on my CRE-8900
CBRadioMagazine.com - MFJ-1890 10 Meter Moxon Antenna

There you go.

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

Mine isn't bonded. I've read that if you don't bond it in a certain way that you could be defeating it's purpose.

 

[W5LZ]

That 'bonding' of body parts just means that there should be a good electrical connection between them and the frame of the vehicle (or some other central/common point). I don't know what you've heard/read about that bonding process. But, it isn't as 'exacting' as some think.
- 'Doc

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

That 'bonding' of body parts just means that there should be a good electrical connection between them and the frame of the vehicle (or some other central/common point). I don't know what you've heard/read about that bonding process. But, it isn't as 'exacting' as some think.
- 'Doc

I've enough to know that there's a lot of beliefs and opinions that differ from each other. There ought to be a golden book somewhere that's got everything concerning radios,antennas that's chiseled in stone. There's a local tgat lived near me that has a Maco V58 mounted 15 feet off the ground. He thinks that because it has a ground plane that he doesn't have to elevate it as high as feasible in order to talk far. He uses it on 11 meters and some freeband frequencies.

 

[Mudfoot]

Sounds like he's to cheap or lazy to raise it higher.

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

False beliefs

 

[The Mad Scientist]

That 'bonding' of body parts just means that there should be a good electrical connection between them and the frame of the vehicle (or some other central/common point). I don't know what you've heard/read about that bonding process. But, it isn't as 'exacting' as some think.
- 'Doc

You are correct. It is not exacting...But it helps.

 

[hotrod]

CBRadioMagazine said that it's broad banded enough to where you could tune it for 10&11 meters. Mine's a flat 1:1:1 on C&D band on my CRE-8900
CBRadioMagazine.com - MFJ-1890 10 Meter Moxon Antenna

i would recommend using a external swr meter or a anylizer. built meters are ball park figures
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