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Steve:
Although my telescopic whip didn't rattle, if I had the TR22C slung on my
left shoulder, the whip tended to poke me in the ear. So I solved the
problem by rigging a hard-hat with a quarter-wave whip coming out of the
top, attached to the coax with a BNC connector mounted on the crown of the
hat. The hat also had folded radials inside so made a real quarter-wave
groundplane. That setup "hread" and "spoke" very well! Had my call
letters on the front of the hat! Only drawback: with the hat on, I was,
in effect, something like seven feet tall so knew about every tree on
campus! (grin)
Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Steve wrote:
> Hey Mike,
>
> That sounds like my start. I had a TR-22C and I had an old JLB synthesizer
> with a 20-watt brick I could hook it up to as a "base" station at my dorm
> room. I used to carry that rig around my neck. The only problem was the
> telescopic whip which used to rattle and create a crackling sound for those
> listening to my transmissions.
>
> Like Mike, I got a TR-2400 HT as soon as they came out.
>
> Steve K8SP
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