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February 3rd 06, 04:52 PM
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Portable or tabletop in this application?
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:44:07 -0700, Eric F. Richards
wrote: Greetings... Hate to be all on-topic and such here, given how this newsgroup usually goes, but, whattheheck... I've decided that I want shortwave in my car. Last time I looked -- a few months ago -- there weren't any adequate in-dash receivers currently made, but I'm willing to do the messy-cable approach and have an external radio available. Now, the question: Would a tabletop or a portable be more effective? The car has a multiband (HF/V/UHF) HAM antenna on it (no HF rig in the car -- long story!) so I have an antenna that is nominally possible to use with a tabletop, and it is outside, far from the electronic noise of the engine and computers. OTOH, at first blush a portable would seem obvious for this application, except that it is inside the metal car body, along with the electronic noise from the computers. Any (intelligent, relevent) thoughts? Thanks! http://www.icom.co.jp/world/info/ic-703/index.html http://www.icomamerica.com/products/amateur/706mkIIg/ |
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