Hi Kevin,
         I have a device which has 2 succion cups attached to a 3 inch
rod.  The top of the rod has a female BNC jack into which you can plug your
rubber duck antenna.  The other end of the device has a 6 foot coax
attached to it with a male BNC connector.  It can be attached to any window
and keeps the antenna vertical.  I have had it for many years and cannot
remember where it came from.  When my XYL gets home I will have her look
for a trademark.  It is prettty handy so I imagine that someone still makes
one like it.

73, Carl


At 08:26 AM 06/26/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I am experiencing difficulty using my handheld on the local transit system
>here in the Seattle area.  Very few of our repeaters hear well enough to
>give me a nice clear signal into them with my rubber duck from inside the
>bus.
>
>Does anyone know of something available or has anyone made some kind of
>antenna that might use suction cups or some other method to attach it to the
>bus window or clamp it to the metal ledge right below the window to give a
>better signal?  If so, please let me know what you have done?
>
>Thanks much and very 73.
>Kevin, K7RX
>
>Kevin Nathan, Independent Living Coordinator
>Dept. of Services for the Blind
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>Seattle, Wa 98118
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