My MOBILE

[ButtFuzz]

Back before I was an extree class CB'er, I used to run a 96" copper in FRP whip on TOP of my Oldsmobile.

I was ba-doinkin' into everything.

 

[Hurricane145]

I had a BB3 Screwdriver antenna mounted the same way on my Chev truck for a short while. I moved it after I got my Smacked All Stop Lights award!
I later mounted it in the rear corner of the bed down low on the drivers side.
I also trimmed a Fiberglas whip down so it would cover from about 28.5 down through the 75 meter phone band okay. Without trimming it, it was too long with the screwdriver portion completely lowered for 10 meters and I don't care about 80 CW when mobile.

 

[wavrider]

QSO with BJ a few times in his mobile on 75 meters, lumped a good signal down here to Florida.
Back when he drove to work in the mornings,

 

[BenMara]

Does KJ7U still make mobile antennas?

 

[BJ radionut]

Does KJ7U still make mobile antennas?

http://www.kj7u.com/

Larry's Antennas LLC

 

[YR Mason FL]

View attachment 31181 View attachment 31182 View attachment 31183 My 160 thru 440 MHz mobile.
Road Trip Ready!
Headed to Chicago for a family reunion on 9.27.2019
ICOM IC7100 for 160 thru 10m (@ 100 watts) 6m (@ 400w)
2m/440 @ 50 watts
KJ7U Screwdriver Antenna
Diamond 2m/440 antenna
Weather report looking good!
Flight Plan laid in!
All the Best
Gary/W9FNB

PS: 2017 CHEEVY Silverado 327 V8 multi-port FI...4x4 with Z85 sport suspension/ with towing package /6-speed w/ manual/auto shift overdrive tranny

Nice Wheels BeeGee!

 

[Rwb]

View attachment 31181 View attachment 31182 View attachment 31183 My 160 thru 440 MHz mobile.
Road Trip Ready!
Headed to Chicago for a family reunion on 9.27.2019
ICOM IC7100 for 160 thru 10m (@ 100 watts) 6m (@ 400w)
2m/440 @ 50 watts
KJ7U Screwdriver Antenna
Diamond 2m/440 antenna
Weather report looking good!
Flight Plan laid in!
All the Best
Gary/W9FNB

PS: 2017 CHEEVY Silverado 327 V8 multi-port FI...4x4 with Z85 sport suspension/ with towing package /6-speed w/ manual/auto shift overdrive tranny

looks like 1 of those big truck pipes on a diesel pickup but on wrong side. are you sure that chebbie can pull that big ol pole?

 

[Slowmover]

looks like 1 of those big truck pipes on a diesel pickup but on wrong side. are you sure that chebbie can pull that big ol pole?

puttin’ down the power with a 4.3L V6!!

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[YR Mason FL]

For some reason the name "Silver Streak" comes to mind eh beegee?

 

[BJ radionut]

puttin’ down the power with a 4.3L V6!!

NOPE!!!!...special order 327 ported FI/V8...with 6 speed/ Ovr Drv manual/auto shift tranney2:73 road gears
Avg. 24mpg Hi-way@75 mph(about 1850 rpm)...20-21mpg in-town

 

[Slowmover]

NOPE!!!!...special order 327 ported FI/V8...with 6 speed/ Ovr Drv manual/auto shift tranney2:73 road gears
Avg. 24mpg Hi-way@75 mph(about 1850 rpm)...20-21mpg in-town

Same MPG as my 305HP/555TQ 9,000-lb solo, (loaded to within 40-lbs at all four corners) NV-5600 2WD Cummins Dodge (except I run slower to achieve it).

The learning curve to getting the Town MPG to within 10-12% of Highway MPG was the same mindset as with antenna work.

Highway Problem: Aero Resistance
Town Problem: Rolling Resistance
Remaining Difference: Time at Cruise (RPM + Gear).

Solution: Eliminate cold starts, combine ALL errands into one trip, and, never stop, never idle.
The bad-ass route plan is the winner (90% of Americans go to 90% of the same places 90% of the time. Use that).

A pickup spec’d the way you want it is a fine thing. Finding out what it can do — remove operator error/interference — is a blast.

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[Slowmover]

Received a used No.730 Greenlee Radio Chassis Punch as I was leaving town. Will get that antenna up before long. Just can’t talk myself into running the exhaust pipe up thru the bed to use as antenna mount. Good luck with that (smilin’ emoji).