I didn't even see the rest of the pics. When I scrolled down, I saw
them. Guess you get a lot of comments at the truckstops from the other
drivers????

Certainly not an antenna configuration for someone driving a Ford Focus.

sideband wrote:
Yes.. If you would read the description paragraphs, you would have found
out that from the feedpoint of the one 102" whip, to the end of the
other 102" whip (insulated from ground) is 40' of wire. it was all part
of the radiating element.

de AI8W, Chris

Nitespark wrote:



sideband wrote:

Bah.. Forgot I'd moved the page to qsl.net

the correct URL is http://www.qsl.net/ai8w/TruckPics/

Sorry about that.


Got the correct URL. Interesting config. I notice the antenna is
pinned over, looks like either wire or string. If its wire, is that
part of the radiating element???

The pic made me think of my first computer/radio setup. It was a
Commodore Vic 20 with a Kantronics TU. This was when interfacing
computers to radios was the newest thing. I invited a friend to the
shack showing him the RTTY and CW capabilities. I tuned into a 20
meter CW QSO. As we sat there watching the message on the screen at
20 wpm, the operator was in an 18-wheeler on the interstate
(somewhere). A week later, my friend had a computer hooked to his
system.