starlord wrote:
The bummper on this old 1974 Statllite is mostly for show, there's no
real place to put anything. I'll most likly do as I did with my old
caddy in the far past, get a angle and drill holes for mounting it on
one side of the rear of the body on one side. This keeps the whip out
of the way for when I load my telescope into the trunk and when not
in use, I can have the whip looped over to the front door area. I'll
not be able to talk much near the trailer park, everyone is on
brodcast t.v. ant's as there's no cable reaching down to here.
Sometime in the next 2 to 3 months I'll be able to key up once more.
Got a brake on the price of the whip, it was suppost to be $21.00 but
because the rat shack down here had it so long, it's code showed it
as only $16.00 so I grabed it.

Great price but if you don't use the center of the roof you will be highly
directional. Why not put the hole in a less obtrusive place like the top
rather than the highly visable side of the vehicle? Everything will be
easier if you use the roof mount. Tuning, etc.

Just my two cents. ;-)

Jeff


KAPA 4318



"Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message
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Hello Starloard:

Yeah good going the 102 inch steel whip will work really great on
top of the center of the vehicle.

I mounted a 96 inch Francis Amazer Fiberglass whip antenna on top of
my Red Neck Ford F250 4x4 Truck. This thing really works great. Yeah
you will trim a few low lying tree's and such, buts whats more
important radio perfromance or a few tree hits.

I got a roll of RG8X coax that don't have a lot of use for, maybe you
need some coax and connectors?

Jay in the Mojave

starlord wrote:

Will, I've gotten one tiny step towards getting back on the air.
Got a big steel whip to put on the old car once I get a mount and
cable to go with it.

Got an old SEARS CB, am only, just couldn't snag a sidebander at
all.