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

There is a motorized antenna for situations like yours. I have seen it in
AES and Ham Station literature..

Mitch KD4HTW


"Bruce D. Meyer" wrote in message
m...
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

Bruce,
I would think a 1/4 wave (about 19") should fit.
'Doc

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:30:24 GMT, "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


One option would be a license plate mount -- see the Lakeview ham
stick site.

Just mount the thing lower on the car.

Bob
k5qwg

You might consider a DDRR antenna. See
http://www.antennex.com/preview/2mddrr.htm. They are available commercially,
too.

Phil, KB2HQ

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:30:24 GMT, "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

Very neat! I love the idea.
Bruce, KG4TAC
"Phil" wrote in message
...
You might consider a DDRR antenna. See
http://www.antennex.com/preview/2mddrr.htm. They are available
commercially,
too.

Phil, KB2HQ

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:30:24 GMT, "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

Had forgot about the DDRR -- After further checking , the geometry of it,
and the Excalibur, they are really the same antennas, just that the DDRR is
formed into a circle, while the Excalibur is a straight line
The Excalibur looks like : __X__________________
/__X__________________
, with the middle open, 1/4 wavelength long

and as stated,

"X's" would be the feedpoint !
is a "slot" antenna . These are related to aircraft antennas, where , a
slot is cut into the frame, and then fed with R.F. You don't see it, as it
is covered with fabric, plastic, or some other non-conductive media !
As a further aside, is used , in bombers, extensively, and have arrays of
these , stacked in phase!!
reason is if one, or 2 shot out, the antenna will still work, literally
until the plane is destroyed!
As info, Jim NN7K



"Phil" wrote in message
...
You might consider a DDRR antenna. See
http://www.antennex.com/preview/2mddrr.htm. They are available
commercially,
too.

Phil, KB2HQ

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:30:24 GMT, "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

That is very cool. I have been reading about DDRR since the original post.
I still need to look for Excalibur.
Bruce
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Had forgot about the DDRR -- After further checking , the geometry of it,
and the Excalibur, they are really the same antennas, just that the DDRR
is
formed into a circle, while the Excalibur is a straight line
The Excalibur looks like : __X__________________
/__X__________________
, with the middle open, 1/4 wavelength long

and as stated,

"X's" would be the feedpoint !
is a "slot" antenna . These are related to aircraft antennas, where , a
slot is cut into the frame, and then fed with R.F. You don't see it, as
it
is covered with fabric, plastic, or some other non-conductive media !
As a further aside, is used , in bombers, extensively, and have arrays of
these , stacked in phase!!
reason is if one, or 2 shot out, the antenna will still work, literally
until the plane is destroyed!
As info, Jim NN7K



"Phil" wrote in message
...
You might consider a DDRR antenna. See
http://www.antennex.com/preview/2mddrr.htm. They are available
commercially,
too.

Phil, KB2HQ

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:30:24 GMT, "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

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?

A friend of mine just runs a mag-mount on his hood. MFJ advertises
the RuffRider Junior 1402 as "fits in any garage on any auto". It
is only 16.5" tall.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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Maybe Diamonds Motorized mount K9000 will work for you -- see URL:
http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/

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"Bruce D. Meyer" wrote in message
m...
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