Need advice for groundcrew vehicle antenna for 123.5

John,

At least your motorhome has a metal hood, my Ford E450 chassis has a
plastic hood!

I mounted a 1/4 wave magnetic base on the top of my class c motorhome by
taking 2' x 2' 18 gauge sheet metal and glued and screwed (sealing the 6
screws sith silicon gluing the piece the same way) down to the top and then
just ploping the mag base to the center. I ran the coax in through the roof
vent and have had excellent luck with it. I am using a old Terra 720 TX
mounted in the motor home. On flights out of Ely and Prescott I have had
100 mile reception at 6+ k AGL. I like the Terra as I can set the squelch
both on the plane and the motorhome






At 21:14 25 October 2010, Dave Springford wrote:
John,

At least your motorhome has a metal hood, my Ford E450 chassis has a
plastic hood!