Hi Tom,
You might try the same thing that I did on my trailer.  Use a mirror mount
and put it on the rack or on the top of the ladder if the trailer as one.
Then you will need to run a ground wire down to the frame of the trailer.  I
used the frame where the bumper is mounted to.  This is not the best but it
works for HF and VHF as well as UHF.
Hope this gives you a idea or two to work with.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:22 PM
Subject: suggestions needed for simple and quick mount 2-meter/440 antenna


> Hi, folks.
>
> My XYL and I recently purchased an 18-foot Fleetwood Pioneer travel
trailer
> that we will be using both for recreational purposes, and as an emergency
> communications trailer of sorts.  I am looking for suggestions as to an
> easy-to-mount and store 2-meter/440 antenna for the trailer.  I already
have
> had someone help me install a "painter's pole mast" in the spare tire
holder
> on the back of the trailer for an HF antenna, which I am hoping will be
the
> Buddipole portable antenna you have heard me talk about on occasion.  I am
> trying to think of how I might install a simple 2-meter/440 antenna (such
as
> the Diamond 770) below the HF antenna on that mast pole.  Problem is the
> mast pole is made out of fiber glass, and I don't know how it would hold
up
> with "u" bolts and an L bracket, or something like that.
>
> The trailer itself has some sort of "rubber" roof, and is sided with
> aluminum, so I know of no place to put a magmount base.
>
> I guess I could go with some kind of a "through the glass" antenna, but I
> haven't had the greatest luck in the world with those.
>
> I will use my second TMV7A as the 2-meter/440 rig, so maximum power used
> should be no more than 50 watts.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  The goal here is economics,
> practicality, and hopefully a minimum of holes drilled.
>
> Thanks to all for any suggestions.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>