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

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

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GassMan wrote:

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

Buy and Autotuner, Ground it to the RV Frame, go to Costco and buy
a 10# Party Balloon Helium Tank, and some Balloons, and get yourself
a spool of #24 wire. Reel out 200 ft of wire, connect one end to the
Tuner Output and the other end to the balloon, let the wire feed up
inside a piece of 1/2" PVC Pipe, fixed to the Ladder on the back of the
RV, and let the balloon FLY. It will out preform ANY Vertical of any
size, even in a mild breeze.