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Old 09-21-2011, 07:32 AM   #1
TXiceman
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Default Tarheel and Turbotuner

I am still wrestling with the antenna on my silver Avion (looks like an Airstream). I do not want to be knocking holes in the aluminum to mount an antenna, so I am looking at a bracket on the A-frame at the front with a metal pole bolted to it. On this pole I would mount a Tarheel screwdriver and bring the coaxial and control cables inthrough the lower belly of the trailer.

The pole would put the bottom of the antenna about 9 feet off the ground.

Will I get sufficient ground plane with this arrangement to have a workable antenna?

I will most likely use the FT950 in the trailer and leave the FT857 and ATAS 120 antenna on the truck.

73
Ken
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