--- In [email protected], "russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The little DB-404 works very well we use it for bike-a-thons and
walks and
> so on. We park my
> SUV in a good spot at the event. And leave it
> all day during the event. We also have a repeater we install on a
high reach
> for events we need more range. It uses a DB-408 on that unit.
> 73, Russ
> Ham, W3CH.
> GMRS, WPYK-254.
Ok...I have a Dodge Caravan (no snickers please) that I'll be using
for an emergency vehicle. Russ, on your setup, using the DB-404,
what flavor of feedline do you use? Also, what kind of height do
you achieve with your setup. I can envision on my vehicle some sort
of mounting clamp I guess attached to the rear bumper (which is
plastic) and then running the feedline into the vehicle through one
of the rear window openings. When in transit, I guess I could strap
3 or 4 5' TV antenna masts and the antenna to the luggage rack, but
I'm curious about the feedline...hardline would be great of course,
but with repeated coiling and the possibility of kinking I wonder if
something like Andrew CNT-400 would be better. Also, would standard
TV masts be useable (safely) for a DB-404?
Also, my vehicle has a total (right now) of 5 radios installed...1
lowerpower UHF Spectra for GMRS and public service frequencies, 1
Icom 2 meter mobile for ham stuff, 1 VHF maratrac for part 90,
mutual aid stuff and some ham stuff, 1 Radio Shaft VHF 19-2100 (or
whatever the model is...the old mobile 2 channel business dot radio)
I use it for MURS, and an 800 MHz STX smartnet handheld with a
convertacom. So obviously, I'm a rolling RF cannon...course, rarely
though does more than 1 radio get keyed at a time.
Battery/power issues are another topic.
thoughts?
(please don't suggest a motor home or something like that unless you
want to do the paypal thingie to me....hehehe)
Bob, GMRS WPVV845, Amateur KG4WAD, LMRS WPXC892
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