As Phil knows, it is commonly used on ships in the US Navy for the same reason. Many US Navy ships have an on-board cellular system but it's useless without a way to get RF into all the compartments and passageways through steel plate!
73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Kane Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 mobile? On 4/15/2017 7:43 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: > Unfortunately, I can’t remember anything of the details of how this > was done but I suspect wide-band amplifiers and wires and top-side > wide-band antennas. Leaky coax (trade name == Radiax). It's many-decades-old technology. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
