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Old 08-18-2014, 12:53 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Mr. Ham View Post
NN5I - you would be better off to put it on a Christmas tree stand and deploy it when you are destination, and then throw out a loop of ground radials.
People may refer to you as that nutty old ham that likes to camp by himself, but you would have a much better signal that way...

Had it been say a YUGO - the body would only be about 4' tall, not a lot to worry about if the antenna was mounted 2' off the ground.

I don't operate much mobile, especially while dragging a trailer around...
Too many dumb people on the road, talking on their cell phones / not paying attention, trying to cut you off, or thinking that you can stop on a dime if they pull out in front of you or stop all of a sudden.
You're mostly right, except that people already refer to me as that nutty old ham.

I don't drag a trailer around; I drag my toad, a little Ranger pickup that might as well not be there for all the effect it has on driving the motor home.

My motor home is mostly invisible to RF, which is why the antenna can be low.
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