"Ed" wrote in message
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I'm looking for any suggestions on what type of H.F mobile antenna to
purchase. I want to install this Antenna on a 97 Chevy S-10 Pick-up. I
would like it to cover 80meters through 10 meters. The mount system is
what I am really interested in. Not sure which way to go on this,
never have been mobile with HF before. The pickup is a extended cab by
the way. Any suggestions would be appreciated.



Knowing whether or not you had a camper shell on that pickup would be
useful as (IMHO) a point just behind the cab would be the best place to
locate an HF antenna.


Ed K7AAT

Here is how I mount my screwdriver, a 4 foot Tarheel with a 5 foot whip.
I used a 103" whip for a while, but it hit overpasses on interstate
highways.
The truck is a Dodge Durango. I installed a ball mount on the right rear
where I could get at the backside of the mount from inside the truck. Turns
out there's a vent in the plastic interior that's easy to cut away.
To stabilize the screwdriver I mounted a U-bolt directly into the truck body
with large washers and a PVC ring on the antenna. Tightening the U-bolt
about the PVC ring pins the antenna to the truck.
After finding resonance with an antenna analyzer, the impedance on 40 turned
out to be 20 ohms. I built a toroidal autoformer to match it to the 50 ohms
of the TS480HX. I also have a BIG Hi-Q with a cap hat for 160 on up.
On the left side of the truck is a Hi-Q "shortie" (I forget the model) for 6
on down just on a ball mount and no matching network. I'm on the Spiderweb
Net often with this rig. (14.347 @1230Z daily).

I know I married this truck when I drilled holes in it (An NMO on the roof,
too.) At 96,000 miles I still have the original brakes and tires. There
have been no repairs. BTW the radio's mounted in the back, feedline's about
a foot to the big screwdriver, about three feet to the little Hi-Q.

73
H., NQ5H