Something you might look at would be one of the lightweight fiberglass base station antennas made by Antennex, Maxrad, etc. These only weigh about 4 or 5 pounds, you could also get several 6ft sections of telescopic aluminum tubing to support it, much less weight and size than the TV masting. For a short run of cable like that, you could probably use good quality RG-8X type cable for less weight and good storability.
Joe --- rtoplus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- 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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
