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I have been working on getting a mobile HF set-up in my pickup truck.
Working on mobile mounts for antennas since last summer. Still no
decision on how to mount.

I once mounted a 7-foot-long plain ol' 2x4 on the outside of my pick-up
truck's bed on the driver's side with 2-3 angle brackets. This gave me
a nice platform for mounting all sorts of whip antennas using no more
than an electric drill, some screws & bolts, and a big screwdriver. At
one time I had three hamsticks (for three different bands) mounted at
the same time, with coax to a selector switch inside next to the radio.
Probably wouldn't have worked too well if/when the 2x4 got wet, but for
experimentation it was just fine.

Later I mounted a PAIR of hamsticks (for the same band) end-to-end (to
make a horizontal dipole pointing fore and aft) on a wooden post which
stuck up about two feet above the cab. Worked like a charm! (Think
NVIS). Until I drove into the garage and the forward-pointing whip
speared the loop in the garage-door pull-down loop!
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--Myron A. Calhoun.
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