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Re: Hamstick Mag Mount

 


For your "sheet of metal" to be large enough to be effective, it would most likely be objectionable, too.
I second the recommendation someone else gave you.
Try using 1, 2, or 3 ground radial wires with the hamstick.??? As many as possible, in different directions, as horizontal as possible.? ?
Use as small diameter wire as you can get and run them wherever you can hide them.
Good luck.
Bob
WB8BEL

From: "Christopher Miller" <djmalak2k6@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 6:44:55 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Hamstick Mag Mount

I know I have said this before but I will again now without malice.

The manager of the property is behind me working to build out a working Hf/vhf/uhf station. They let me put a hole in the wall to pass coax through.

The owner doesn¡¯t want exposed antennas as the normal idiot landlord would.

I got flack for putting my dipole up with cable tv coax.

I would want to get ham sticks and mount them on a base. I¡¯m guessing a large sheet of metal will work instead of the car.

Chris

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:15 AM Vic WA4THR via <vhklein=[email protected]> wrote:
For portable use I have used a clamp-on mount (also sold to make a hamstick dipole) attached to a metal stake. Sticking that into the ground made a usable antenna. In cases where I didn't think I had a good gound I attached some radials made with split zip cord and just laid them on top of the ground, or if in an upper story of a motel I would clamp to a balcony railing and droop the radials over the edge or spead around on the floor. I made contacts with this setup, but it was a bit cumbersome to carry along, so lately I have been using a relatively inexpensive QRP loop and it actually works a little better, plus it disassembles into a small easily carried package.

I still use the hamsticks with a mag mount when going mobile in my wife's SUV

=Vic=


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