I am considering the ICOM 208H, and using it some of the time in a Jeep
Wrangler, and sometimes moving it to a fiberglass car (Fiero GT)

My question is about antennas for both applications...
Jeep: This is more of a mounting issue... I was considering a mag
mount, but there aren't really any horizontal services that would work
where it would look right (where the antenna would be vertical).
I may be resigned to drilling a hole in the side of the body in front of
the windshield and permanently mounting an antenna. What would be a
good antenna for use with the 208H for both VHF / UHF operation that
would allow a body mount on the side of the vehicle?

Fiero: This is an issue because of the plastic body and I don't want to
put holes in it. There is a small (about 10" square) metal plate under
the back deck, that I could put a mag mount on, but the car has been
recently repainted and I don't want to have something sitting on the
body that will affect the equal fading of the paint on the back deck.
I was considering a glass mount like the cell phone antennas, but can't
seem to find one advertised. And it needs to handle the 55W on VHF.

Thanks for your help...
John
KD4RN

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:55:35 GMT, John wrote:

I am considering the ICOM 208H, and using it some of the time in a Jeep
Wrangler, and sometimes moving it to a fiberglass car (Fiero GT)

....
Thanks for your help...
John
KD4RN

try www.hamstick.com they have a lot of different antennas & mounts
that could accommodate your vehicles -- perhaps the license plate
mount?

bob
k5qwg

Excellent Bob......
Thank you ... just what I was looking for!
John
KD4RN

Bob Miller wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:55:35 GMT, John wrote:


I am considering the ICOM 208H, and using it some of the time in a Jeep
Wrangler, and sometimes moving it to a fiberglass car (Fiero GT)


...

Thanks for your help...
John
KD4RN


try www.hamstick.com they have a lot of different antennas & mounts
that could accommodate your vehicles -- perhaps the license plate
mount?

bob
k5qwg

"John" wrote in message
...
I am considering the ICOM 208H, and using it some of the time in a Jeep
Wrangler, and sometimes moving it to a fiberglass car (Fiero GT)

My question is about antennas for both applications...
Jeep: This is more of a mounting issue... I was considering a mag
mount, but there aren't really any horizontal services that would work
where it would look right (where the antenna would be vertical).
I may be resigned to drilling a hole in the side of the body in front of
the windshield and permanently mounting an antenna. What would be a
good antenna for use with the 208H for both VHF / UHF operation that
would allow a body mount on the side of the vehicle?

Fiero: This is an issue because of the plastic body and I don't want to
put holes in it. There is a small (about 10" square) metal plate under
the back deck, that I could put a mag mount on, but the car has been
recently repainted and I don't want to have something sitting on the
body that will affect the equal fading of the paint on the back deck.
I was considering a glass mount like the cell phone antennas, but can't
seem to find one advertised. And it needs to handle the 55W on VHF.

Thanks for your help...
John
KD4RN



Assuming you want to build it...

A J-Pole doesn't care whether the car has a fiberglass body or not. In one
of the ARRL books, I saw a nice stacked J-Pole made for marine use on a
fiberglass boat. Of course, you probably shouldn't stack it like he did
because it would probably knock out the fluorescent tubes when you drive
into a service station.

I hope I don't get the tag "J-Pole Man". (Sigh)

John - KD5YI

Hi John
Thanks for your suggestion... I probably am looking to buy a commercial
product right now. When I move the rig to the house, I'll look into
building one.

J-Pole Man doesn't sound like so bad a name.... it's kind of "cool" ..
sort of "MTV-ish".... Of course it could also sound like a drug lord!
Thanks again.
John
KD4RN



John Smith wrote:

"John" wrote in message
...

I am considering the ICOM 208H, and using it some of the time in a Jeep
Wrangler, and sometimes moving it to a fiberglass car (Fiero GT)

My question is about antennas for both applications...
Jeep: This is more of a mounting issue... I was considering a mag
mount, but there aren't really any horizontal services that would work
where it would look right (where the antenna would be vertical).
I may be resigned to drilling a hole in the side of the body in front of
the windshield and permanently mounting an antenna. What would be a
good antenna for use with the 208H for both VHF / UHF operation that
would allow a body mount on the side of the vehicle?

Fiero: This is an issue because of the plastic body and I don't want to
put holes in it. There is a small (about 10" square) metal plate under
the back deck, that I could put a mag mount on, but the car has been
recently repainted and I don't want to have something sitting on the
body that will affect the equal fading of the paint on the back deck.
I was considering a glass mount like the cell phone antennas, but can't
seem to find one advertised. And it needs to handle the 55W on VHF.

Thanks for your help...
John
KD4RN




Assuming you want to build it...

A J-Pole doesn't care whether the car has a fiberglass body or not. In one
of the ARRL books, I saw a nice stacked J-Pole made for marine use on a
fiberglass boat. Of course, you probably shouldn't stack it like he did
because it would probably knock out the fluorescent tubes when you drive
into a service station.

I hope I don't get the tag "J-Pole Man". (Sigh)

John - KD5YI