Hi, all.

Well, I attempted to check into yesterday's 20-meter Cross-Country blind ops 
net from the RV, but was not successful.

I believe my screw-driver antenna simply is not high enough on the back of 
the RV to allow me to get out well.

The antenna is mounted with u-bolts on the back bumpber on a piece of pipe 
that is probably about thre or four feet high.  This gets part of the 
screwdriver antenna and whip above the roof line of the RV, but it does not 
get it completely above the roof line by any means.  The RV is approximately 
12 feet high.

Originally, I had used an arrangement with a longer piece of mounting pipe, 
but it turns out that the pipe was de-tuning the antenna, especially on 10 
and 15 meters.

So, my question is this:  Does anyone know of a fiber-glass or other type of 
non-conductive mast that I might try to get the screw-driver up higher? 
Obviously, I want to be safe here, and don't want to have to mess with guys.

Something telescopic might be the best, but again, I would think it would 
have to be of fairly high quality.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'll save them for future reference.

Due to a number of other things going on right now that will put a crimp in 
the budget, I probably won't be able to do anything until next year's 
camping season, but it's always good to start thinking and planning in 
advance.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ