On 07/13/2015 06:17 AM, Al Gulseth wrote:
"Full-sized" whip on a VW Beetle? I thought there for a moment maybe you were
the guy with the VW on the cover of CQ for September 1961:
http://hamcall.net/cqcgi/?res=l&yr=1961&mo=09&pg=001
No no, it was a full-sized *CB* whip on a Beetle! About 9 feet long, no
problems with freeway overpasses. :=)
I loaded it up with a Drake MN2700 tuner. It worked fine on 20, 15 and
10 meters but as I recall I needed an external loading coil for 40.
Alan N1AL
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