Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-21 Thread Mike Dodd
On 4/21/2016 9:38 PM, NK6A-Don Minkoff wrote: Hi Eric, My neighbor Ernie, N6HY, won the K3s at the DX convention last Sat. I believe Doug mentioned it came with the MH2 mic. Was it suppose to? I am thinking of making him an offer. The mic is a $59.95 option.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-21 Thread NK6A-Don Minkoff
Hi Eric, My neighbor Ernie, N6HY, won the K3s at the DX convention last Sat. I believe Doug mentioned it came with the MH2 mic. Was it suppose to? I am thinking of making him an offer. -- Don Minkoff NK6A __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-02 Thread Alan
Ah yes, K6HWL, "Highway Louie". (His real name was Frank.) He did indeed put a brass toilet ball on the top of his 75 meter mobile antenna after he set some overhanging tree branches on fire from the corona discharge. The loading coil was the size of a small trash can. I ended up with his

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-02 Thread Wes
Jeeze, that's QRP. My Elmer was a neighbor, Lee, W7UVR. Before SSB he ran a 4-1000A high-level modulated in his mobile. I can assure you that there weren't any toilet tank balls on his antennas. The need for those is IMHO, an old wives tale. After SSB, the 4-1000 ran as a linear. There

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-02 Thread Mel Farrer via Elecraft
to:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Furrey Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 9:28 AM To: j...@audiosystemsgroup.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" I have found Ham sticks work fine on 20 and up but I won't talk about what happ

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-02 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Of Mike Furrey Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 9:28 AM To: j...@audiosystemsgroup.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" I have found Ham sticks work fine on 20 and up but I won't talk about what happen to a 75 meter ham stick we were

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Mel Farrer via Elecraft
in particular and I will send it direct. Mel, K6KBE From: Mike Furrey <mikefur...@att.net> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" I use the HiQ 4-80

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We're hitting the OT posting limit on this one. Let's wind it down in the next 2-3 posts. 73, Eric Moderator from time to time.. /elecraft.com/ On 4/1/2016 10:23 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: My only attempt at HF in a mobile was on my old 78 Scout Traveler (diesel). Before heading to AK I had a

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Edward R Cole
My only attempt at HF in a mobile was on my old 78 Scout Traveler (diesel). Before heading to AK I had a welder install a big front bumper with space for a winch and brush guard for front grill and head lights. Alas, I never bought the winch so had a tool box installed in its place. OK I

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Mike Furrey
ct: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" To: "Reflector Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Date: Friday, April 1, 2016, 3:54 PM I used HamSticks. 73, Jim On Fri,4/1/2016 4:57 AM, tnny...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> When I still ran HF mobile, I found th

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Jim Brown
I used HamSticks. 73, Jim On Fri,4/1/2016 4:57 AM, tnny...@yahoo.com wrote: >> When I still ran HF mobile, I found that a rig with an auto-tuner was a big help in extending the useful bandwidth of an antenna.<< Jim, what type of antenna did you employed the auto-tuner? Was it a screwdriver

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Mike Furrey
bile manual is still pretty good read on this subject. 73 es GL Mike WA5POK On Thu, 3/31/16, WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" To: "Mel Farrer" <farrerfo...@yahoo.com>, "Bill Fr

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Myron Schaffer
All, The coax length doesn't matter because of the following reasons. Assuming the tuner is at the rig, there is a run of any coax to the antenna feed point, and you have a fairly high Q low band antenna that can't QSY much. With short HF mobile antennas that are high Q the reactance at the

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-04-01 Thread Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft
)) Milverton / W9MMS. From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" On Thu,3/31/2016 2:13 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote: > While I neve

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-03-31 Thread Jim Brown
On Thu,3/31/2016 2:13 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote: While I never tune while driving, I got rid of the autotuners for the HI-Q 5-160 antenna and installed a switch to allow me to transfer the antenna to a FG-01 analyzer. Short loaded antennas are, by their nature, pretty narrow band for

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-03-31 Thread WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft
' Cooke, From: Mel Farrer via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> To: Bill Frantz <fra...@pwpconsult.com>; "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-03-31 Thread Mel Farrer via Elecraft
.  Legal too.  Pictures on file. Mel, K6KBE From: Bill Frantz <fra...@pwpconsult.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible" I have a Little Tarheel screwdriver antenna on the 4Runner

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-03-31 Thread Bill Frantz
I have a Little Tarheel screwdriver antenna on the 4Runner. It works well on 21MHz and higher, and less well as you go down in frequency. When parked, I try to add an external counterpose clipped to the ground side of the antenna mount, which seems to help on 40M. I really think you want your

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-03-31 Thread Jim Brown
On Thu,3/31/2016 11:29 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: K0BG's website is considered by many to be the ultimate source of of vehicle-related information. Yes, but some of it is wrong. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

2016-03-31 Thread Ken G Kopp
K0BG's website is considered by many to be the ultimate source of of vehicle-related information. 73 Ken - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: