New Year's Antenna Drawing Winner!

[C2]

congrats!

 

[N9RZD]

to Update every one ,

the mag mount base coil finally arrived
and after waitng a good week to see if the whip would
it didnt, if anyone see's a piece of 3/4 pvc pipe
about 50 inches long in a mail truck somewhere ,
grab it for me
it could be anywhere between moleculo's and my qth

so after finally deciding that the whip is lost forever
in the bowels of the great courier system
we so affectionately call the "United States Postal Service"
and not Wanting to go "Postal"

i decided to see what i could do about coming up with a whip
i had a couple of whips ,
but a stainless steel whip at 49 inches just wasnt in my inventory
a couple of 36's and a 24 , but nothing that long

so i went to my local welding supply shop
and was given two (2) Brazing rods by my supplier
when i told him what i was using them for
soldered then together and cut it to length
while not exactly the best replacement
as it tends to bend quite a bit in the wind
the swr is good , i took it with me yesterday to work
but was in a portion of Indiana with only 2 repeaters
and less Hams :blush:

today Im headed west , towards the land of more repeaters
and living amatuer Radio operators . and hope to get
a couple of signal reports ,

i'll get some pictures up soon

73 De Rich

 

[N9RZD]

to Update every one ,

the mag mount base coil finally arrived
and after waitng a good week to see if the whip would
it didnt, if anyone see's a piece of 3/4 pvc pipe
about 50 inches long in a mail truck somewhere ,
grab it for me
it could be anywhere between moleculo's and my qth

so after finally deciding that the whip is lost forever
in the bowels of the great courier system
we so affectionately call the "United States Postal Service"
and not Wanting to go "Postal"

i decided to see what i could do about coming up with a whip
i had a couple of whips ,
but a stainless steel whip at 49 inches just wasnt in my inventory
a couple of 36's and a 24 , but nothing that long

so i went to my local welding supply shop
and was given two (2) Brazing rods by my supplier
when i told him what i was using them for
soldered then together and cut it to length
while not exactly the best replacement
as it tends to bend quite a bit in the wind
the swr is good , i took it with me yesterday to work
but was in a portion of Indiana with only 2 repeaters
and less Hams :blush:

today Im headed west , towards the land of more repeaters
and living amatuer Radio operators . and hope to get
a couple of signal reports ,

i'll get some pictures up soon

73 De Rich

Guess what , got home today and the whip has arrived !!!!!
I dont ever care to guess why a piece of pvc pipe
took ten days longer to arrive than a square box,
one of those mysteries of life ????

i'll get er put together and get some pic's up

( just when you think life won't get better )

Thanks Moleculo


73

 

[N9RZD]

ok, as requested , a couple of pics of the antenna on my van

dont laugh , it's paid for :laugh:
cost me 300 bucks, been driving it for two years and it gets 19 mpg
on the highway ,

the peeling paint was my attempt to cut down on heat gain in the summer
good old rustoleum , wish a brush and a roller
the white paint did help keep the van cooler

Guess it's time to do it again

 

[74IN]

Haha, nice to see I'm not the only hillbilly here.

IL plates?

Used to be a good idea for new cars, cheaper, but how come?

 

[Happy_Hamer]

ok, as requested , a couple of pics of the antenna on my van

dont laugh , it's paid for :laugh:
cost me 300 bucks, been driving it for two years and it gets 19 mpg
on the highway ,

the peeling paint was my attempt to cut down on heat gain in the summer
good old rustoleum , wish a brush and a roller
the white paint did help keep the van cooler

Guess it's time to do it again

Actually the paint is a good idea, in fact there is an article on a Jeep forum I visit that uses silver paint, silver matches the 2007 and newer Wrangler paint schemes, and they paint the hard tops to keep it cooler in the summer. Apparently it works!

 

[N9RZD]

"IL plates?"


yep, not gonna run and purchase indiana plates till these are about to expire ,
just moved to IND about 3 mos ago