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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