Wow my post sent from my android was messed up. What I tried to say was I have a Scorpion antenna and it has gone thru 2 winters in MI. I am just north of Ann Arbor.
Also I do not have a trailor hitch mount it is above my bumper on the rear tailgate. Hope this helps. Don ~73 Don KD8NNU On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Scorpion 2 winters in NO on my jeep. Don > KD8NNU > > Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Dave" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 10:31 am > Subject: [Elecraft] Screwdriver antennas in salt fog? [was: RE: High > Sierra in qst] > To: "Dave New, N8SBE" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > Dave -I used a PREDATOR made N9JMX in Kokomo, IN. After 5 years, 220 > countries and None of the problems you describe, I sold it to WN9O. I > am not sure they are still being made, but the SCORPION is very > similar in design and I would not hesitate to use one if I decide to > again do HF mobile. > > Dave - K9FN > > Sent from my Samsung smartphone on AT&T > > "Dave New, N8SBE" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It seems that High Sierra is like a number of other screwdriver >> antenna >> companies that live in California or Arizona, where they never >> encounter >> winter weather with the salt fog spray that is common when driving in >> northen climates in the winter time. >> >> I rebuilt my 1800HS so many times I finally tired of it (the guide on >> the mast finally fell off, because the tiny screws threads through >> the >> thin mast all stripped out), and decided to get a HiQ, based on >> recommendations from a friend (unfortunately, he lives in Tennessee >> and >> so doesn't see the kind of winter weather I get in SE Michigan). >> >> After one winter on a trailer hitch mount behind my Durango, the >> antenna >> quit working (motor stalled), and I sent it back for repair. Charlie >> at >> HiQ called me and asked "what did you DO to this antenna?" I said, >> "Nothing special, just used it on my vehicle over a Michigan winter." >> According to Charlie, the inside of the mast was solid salt rock >> crystal. To his credit, although I think at the time the antenna was >> just out of warranty, he replaced the entire unit for free. >> >> So, I used it through that next summer, but by November, I had traded >> my >> Durango in for a Ram pickup, and wanted to change the mount to a >> stake-mount on the pick up bed just behind the cab, for clearance for >> a >> 5th wheel tow, and also to try to keep it out of the salt fog. I >> actually never got around to mounting it until a few weeks ago, and >> had >> left the antenna stored in the garage over the winter. When I tried >> it >> out, the motor was stuck again. I've not had time to contact HiQ >> again, >> and I understand that Charlie sold/transferred the ham radio portion >> of >> the business to someone else, so he can concentrate on DoD contracts, >> which I'm sure are much more lucrative than the ham trade. I fear >> that >> this time I'll end up having to pay to replace the antenna, and these >> things are definitely not cheap. >> >> So, long story short (too late): Is there anyone on the list using >> somebody's much-vaunted screwdriver design that has actually survived >> northen winters where they use salt on the roads, without a lot of >> maintenance headaches? I would think that with the advent of the >> KX3, a >> lot more folks on this list will be considering going HF mobile. >> >> 73, >> >> -- Dave, N8SBE >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
