Thread: New ham Rv'er
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Old 01-13-2010, 09:00 AM   #5
Dizzy-Dick
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Location: Cut & Shoot, TX
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Welcome aboard. I am sure you will find a lot of helpfull information on both Ham radio and RVing.

When I was pulling a travel trailer with a pickup, I had no antenna problems at all. Had a rear bumper mounted Hustler Tri-Bander and usually had 15, 20, and 40 meter resonators installed. At least one of those bands was open all the time. For VHF & UHF, I just had a mag mount antenna on the roof of the cab.

That all changed when I got my class-C Motor-Home. Am not satisfied with system I have now. Use a ham stick for HF and a duel band for VHF & UHF, both using a mounting bracket that fitts under the hood. This slops the antennae forward and clears my cab-over section. Not a perfect set-up.

Good luck and let us know a little more about your RV and the problems you are having with antenna mounting.

73's
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