my uhf/vhf is nmo put right at the back of the cab on my ranger,,,, i just took off the brake light lens to give me room and used a old speedo cable to route cable down into the cab,,,,i used a larsen antenna with a slight bend to make it stand straight up,,,, i dont have any problem getting into repeaters and have communicated well over 15 miles simplex,,,,,,
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2/70 antenna placement
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Most of the Oil and Gas guys run fender in the patch as well as most hams around here.The O&G guys are mostly simplex VHF.
I appreciate the input. Maybe I will see what it looks like in both locations, and go with the spot it looks the least ridiculous.
Is it normal to lose interest after getting a ham license? I've been fairly active on 11 meters when it's open, but I only flipped thought 10 a few times. I heard a cq and thought it was kinda cool, but I kept on scanning. Just seems kinda weird that I can now, buy I really have no desire. Maybe it is just a grass is greener thing?
I always seemed to have flipped around with ham. Currently I'm doing (well trying) a lot of SOTA and driven to come up with the lightest efficient set up possible with the least amount of $$. Previous to that was a portable car camping station off of solar.
Ten meters is dead for the most part. If you have the ability to listen to the other bands. I worked Italy and Croatia yesterday on 17 meters.