"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
Does anybody know which local radio club(s) will be providing back up
communications during the Detroit Woodward Dream Cruise this weekend?
And
also what frequency(s) will be used for the control net(s)? I know
last year it was the Hazel Park Radio Club but I can't find their web
site on the net currently for contact information.

Will you be using your 96 Dodge van for an antenna platform?

I don't own a van.

So you were lying to Frank when you posted this Aug 1?


I did just for grins and giggles Frank. On my old 1/4 wave 6m mag mount, I
used on my old Dodge minivan, I measured 490pf. The base was 4.75 inches in
diameter. The base was placed on a steel sheet using 3 sheets of notebook
paper. Notebook paper is around 0.003 inches thick, so that gives me the
0.010 inch spacing. Plus this mount also used a thin sheet of rubber over
the foil making the spacing a bit higher, thus you would expect the
capacitance to be down a bit from the calculated value. So the value I
measured is about what I expected. It is important that the foil be intact
on the bottom. If missing then the measured value will be much lower.
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Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO