Gang:
I have finally procured a pop-up camper....it has been a long time in
coming, but now that I have it, I am looking for ideas regarding the
installation of a HF antenna when in a camping area.
First thoughts ran toward a portable mast affair (GRA-4 masts are 40 ft
aluminum miliatry radio masts that collapse into a very small
package....have one on hand) that could be placed beside the camper,
secured to the roof rack and held down on the ground end by a steel plat
that the camper tire would rest upon. This sounded good but I began
wondering what will happen if some winds come up and start moving the
mast/antenna around.....will the camper top and sides sway too much?
My next idea was an HF vertical....someithing like the Cushcraft
R-whatever that uses it's own small radial system. I had one of these
several years ago but sold it cuz it was kicking around in my shed and I
never seriously thought of putting it up with the TH7 and the wires
already in theair.
Several compact 20 meter beams and one vertical have appeared in Comm
Qtly over the last several years. Again, these would take some sort of
support structure that attached to the camper in some way.
Has anyone out there in QRP land gone thru this process? If so, what did
you come up with for a solution(s)?
73 rich K7SZ
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