Thanks for the reply from all of you.  Let me give you a few more facts. 
The motor home is 32 feet long and I'm guessing about 10 feet tall.  No, I 
don't intend to get carried away with the equipment.  My first thought was a 
108 inch whip and mount it on the front bumper with a plastic etc brace near 
the roof to keep it perpendicular.  Like most of them of this vintage--1985 
it is aluminum over ply wood or some other man made wood product.  As for 
the family, not a problem!  my first wife of 40 years died in April of a 
heart attack.  My new wife has bin our house keeper and friend  for the past 
4 years but ten years ago before she got religion she was the mascot for 
several motorcycle clubs/gangs.  She rode and maintained her Harley for 
about 20 years and she is a very goodmachanic.  .  In general is a 1960's 
hippie.  I'm 68 and she is 53 so I'm in for a really good long hard ride. 
Debbie lived with and cared for a 95 year old lady before we were married 
and so she was a part of the deal.  She will be moving from here in Ca. to 
Boston to live with a niece in April and then we will be free to rent or 
sell the house and be on our way to where ever the wind blows us.  First, we 
want to get some of those airlines tickets that allow you to make 15 stops 
any where in the world.  You can't back track and you must use all of your 
15 trips in one year.  Maybe these will be the golden years /    after all. 
My first wife and I had no children of our own but we cared for over 60 
foster children in a 2 2 year period.  The equity in the house and my 
pension should give us a really good time. Thanks again for the advice and 
any more information about antennas will be appriciated.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: antenna building


> trust me, if you have a family, the last thing you want is a cb, I hear
> conversations like that on 2 meters a lot when I'm in tourist areas. If 
> you
> really want to go the CB route though, I'm not sure what you have for a
> roof, if it's like my friend's metal, see if radio shack has 1 of those 
> mag
> mounts they had back when I was in to CB. Those were pretty good, I think 
> I
> gave mine to some one about 10 years ago. If you don't want to use it as a
> hobby radio and just for directions and stuff, I wouldn't go too crazy. I
> actually have a cheap setup, some one gave me, sitting in my cellar for 
> just
> such a thing but I've never used it. It was in the trunk of a car my 
> brother
> junked for some one, a small mag mount and I don't know what the radio is,
> it's all sitting in a box. I never even looked to be honest, at the time I
> was thinking about hooking up with a friend and moving to NC and was going
> to set that, and a UHF/VHF mobile in a van and see what we could pile up 
> in
> a van but that didn't work out. Anyway, speaking of being on the road, I'm
> headed out to CT today, a 3 hour ride, leaving about a half hour from now. 
> I
> don't know if we have anyone in CT, but I'll be on the major repeaters on 
> my
> way if I remember them all going and coming home. I'll probably be
> monitoring at least. 2 meters only, I only have 2 meters in the mobile.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:09 AM
> Subject: Re: antenna building
>
>
>> Yes, I know, I sound like a trader.  My wife and I just got a 32 foot
>> motor
>> home.  I might be wrong but I think CB is going to be better for finding 
>> a
>> place to park and good food in a new area.  At least I don't hear any
>> conversation about that topic on my H.T.  It has bin about 30 years since
>> I
>> had a CB and I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a good antenna
>> for
>> a motor home.  By now, the controversy about the best kind and location
>> should be solved and I shouldn't have to learn by error all over again.
>> Thanks for any help.  I'll still keep my THF6a with us as we travel.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "mike" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: antenna building
>>
>>
>>> Here in the uk there is talk of 10watts being permitted from routers
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Louis Kim Kline
>>> Sent: 13 January 2007 18:17
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: antenna building
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Sure you can, if you know what wavelength you are working with and a few
>>> construction principles for the frequencies in question.  For example, 
>>> as
>>> you get into the microwave ranges, construction techniques change quite 
>>> a
>>> bit because inductive reactance becomes much more of an issue at higher
>>> frequencies.  However, if you understand the principles involved, you 
>>> can
>>> make an antenna for anything.  Whether it is ham radio, or something 
>>> else
>>> is irrelevant.
>>>
>>> One thing you do have to watch though is whether or not the device you
>>> are
>>> making the antenna for is a Part 15 device.  That is because the gain of
>>> the supplied antenna is figured into the Part 15 specification, and if
>>> you
>>> put an antenna with more gain on it and cause interference to some other
>>> device, you will held to be at fault and in violation of FCC rules
>>> because
>>> you have violated the type acceptance of that device by putting a gain
>>> antenna on it.
>>>
>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>
>>>
>>> At 02:21 PM 1/12/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>>>>I am studying for my general class license.  I got to the chapters on
>>>>antenna design.  I find this very fascinating.  I am curious now.  If
>>>>you can build an antenna to work for ham radio, can you build an antenna
>>>>to work for a wireless router?  If not why?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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