Amateur (Ham) Radio BS and Callsign Thread!

Which screwdriver do you have?

 

"A screwdriver HF antenna won't make it inside your garage in one piece and you are going to f,up the others the stinger alone on 2 meters is going to be at least 19" then add the 1/4 wave 440 to the height. Garage doors generally are just a shade over 7 feet. It's not for nothing my antennas are mounted inside the bed below the roof and I still have to remove the HF stinger."

Managed to pick up a tarheel "lift and lay" motorized linear actuator mount for a great price. It will lie flat on the roof most of the time. You are correct that it would be an expensive noise if I drove into a parking garage with it raised.

Since I put the heater in the garage, my wife has exclusive use of it in the winter. Happy wife, happy life!

2 metre whips are pretty cheap. The Larsen 27B I'm planning to buy for 11m will have a spring base, hopefully it would survive.

 

Looks like either a HiQ or Scorpion Screwdriver antenna.... its been so long since ive seen a Mobile HF antenna

 

It's a Little Tarheel with a 54" whip. I have an older High Sierra that's a lot larger I use it with my camper, the Tarheel out performs it. The Tarheel is controlled with a pre select controller kind of like selector buttons on a radio tune to the best reception push and hold to set the freq. I tune it with an analyzer to each band then hold the button to set the memory.

 

I was on the prowl for a Tarheel 75A for a while but passed a couple used ones up due to financial responsibility. Now I can afford one and can't find them. I should bookmark the QRZ classifieds.

 

Often you can find High Serra's cheap because they don't work well the fix generally is cheap, for reasons unknown to any one other than the manufacture they used a spring instead of finger stock and they ware out. I think you can still get the springs for like $12.

 

I saw a High Sierra for sale under $200 last fall, I think. Should have jumped on it.

 

Where did you find that mount? I need one in my life!

 

What dash mount is that?

 

https://www.proclipusa.com/

I have had it for about a month or so. So far so good. Pricey though ($29 bucks for a piece of plastic). But seems to fit perfectly.

 

Ram mounted to Un-Holey Tacoma Dash Mount

 

Hawaii on 14.270

 

How do I find a ham crash course in my area?

 

What do you mean?

 

Hawaii left the Freq, California has the Freq

 

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A.K.A. California RUINED the frequency?

 

Hamsonly dot com

 

haha Na just Hawaii left frew and Cali took control. Everyone took off after 20 min of Cali taking calls

 

Haha

 

I don't know about crash courses but most clubs do classes. Try here.