Mount your iPad/Tablet to the dash, install 3G/4G internet capable router (internal antennas) into the car, Heil Headset & RR1274 then remote into your K3/KPA500/KAT500 remote station at home. Works rather nicely.
Otherwise ruggedised whip tuner under the bonnet (err hood) with a thin discrete stainless steel whip mounted on the front of the car there somewhere. 73 Matthew VK5ZM On 16 July 2017 at 10:23, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m dealing with one of the last unsolved problems in amateur radio: how > to operate HF mobile without an antenna. At least not one that, according > to some vehicle co-owners/spouses, would defile your new sedan. > > For 10 bonus points that have only philosophical value, your challenge is > to create an invisible mobile antenna and actually make a QSO on it. For > practical purposes (i.e., not frying the car or passengers) let’s say the > maximum power level is 10 watts. The bands of interest are 40-10 meters. > > Here are some ideas I’m considering: > > - mag loop in the rear window > - thin wire loop on a roof rack > - gamma match to the entire roof > - surface acoustic waves > - prayer > > Other ideas? > > Yes, I know this violates the laws of physics and bioethics. And I fully > expect the car to generate debilitating levels of RFI. But isn’t this the > least you’d expect from an unsolved problem? > > Thanks in advance, > > Wayne > N6KR > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
