Bruce-- there is an antenna--made for heavy equipment, and railroads that
would
solve your problem, if you could find one-- these are spendy, or if spmeone
can
tell you how to build one-- Used lots of them, they are called an EXCALIBUR
antenna, and are about 3-4 inches high, about 18-20 inches long, and look
kinda
like an anvil with the center hollowed out
(these are a "SLOT" antenna, and, tho mount horizontally, radiate
in the verticle plane!) If can find someone here, that can design one, and
probably
be pretty good market for them!, might give that a try--would take 2 or 3
mag mounts
the comercial version mounts with 6 sheet metal screws, or bolts! But they
do work,
and quite well (used for locomotives, and for talking hot box detectors on
railroad on
old S.P. on signal cases for various detectors, they look like someone put
a "HANDLE"
on a signal case!! Also, might find under the EXCALIBUR name , on
Motorola's web
page ( food for thought )?? Jim NN7K (ex radioman-- Southern, and UNION
Pacific Railroads )
P.S. they also have one, covers 450-470 MHz .



"Bruce D. Meyer" wrote
I park in a parking garage at work, so my 2 meter anetnnae won't fit on the
car (P.T. Cruiser) while in the garage. Removing it, just before entering
the garage is not an option. Does anyone have a recomendation on an
alternate 2 meter antennae?


Bruce Meyer

www.kg4tac.net

Wow! I never heard of such. I remeber an antennae we had on an M113A3 APC
for the Air Force. Looked just like a sharks fin, but only about 4 inches
tall. I will do some searching for Excalibur. Thank you for passing that on.

Bruce Meyer
www.kg4tac.net

"Jim" wrote in message
...
Bruce-- there is an antenna--made for heavy equipment, and railroads that
would
solve your problem, if you could find one-- these are spendy, or if
spmeone
can
tell you how to build one-- Used lots of them, they are called an
EXCALIBUR
antenna, and are about 3-4 inches high, about 18-20 inches long, and look
kinda
like an anvil with the center hollowed out
(these are a "SLOT" antenna, and, tho mount horizontally, radiate
in the verticle plane!) If can find someone here, that can design one,
and
probably
be pretty good market for them!, might give that a try--would take 2 or 3
mag mounts
the comercial version mounts with 6 sheet metal screws, or bolts! But
they
do work,
and quite well (used for locomotives, and for talking hot box detectors
on
railroad on
old S.P. on signal cases for various detectors, they look like someone
put
a "HANDLE"
on a signal case!! Also, might find under the EXCALIBUR name , on
Motorola's web
page ( food for thought )?? Jim NN7K (ex radioman-- Southern, and UNION
Pacific Railroads )
P.S. they also have one, covers 450-470 MHz .



"Bruce D. Meyer" wrote
I park in a parking garage at work, so my 2 meter anetnnae won't fit on
the
car (P.T. Cruiser) while in the garage. Removing it, just before entering
the garage is not an option. Does anyone have a recomendation on an
alternate 2 meter antennae?


Bruce Meyer

www.kg4tac.net

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 03:56:19 GMT, "Bruce D. Meyer"
Jim NN7K (ex radioman-- Southern, and UNION
Pacific Railroads )



Hey, Jim, I hope you got to retire from UP. I got outsourced,
then downsized, by SP.

Ken