Have a Fiberglass roof 5th Wheel RV, and am looking for an HF Antenna
to use on it. Suggestions on installing a plus.
Thanks & 73



Assuming it has a ladder on the back, that would be a good
starting point. Personally, I recommend, ( for fixed operation only ),
a nice tall vertical antenna mounted on the ladder, bond the ladder well
to the RV chassis underneath with braid, and perhaps feed the vertical
with a nice auto tuner such as Icom AH-4, or SGC-237.

I have a 23 foot vertical made up of 6' sections of telescoping
aluminum tubing that I put up on our back roof ladder when camping in
our Class C motorhome. It is base loaded with a nice Hi Q home brew
coil and works extremely well on 80 / 60/ 40M.

For those who have more money than sense, I've seen a nice marine
antenna, ( Shakespeare Model 390 or 393 ) do the same thing as my
cheaper aluminum homebrew. They work well and look nicer. Perfect to
feed with an auto-tuner at the base.


Ed K7AAT