Amateur Radio-HF antenna locations-cable routing suggestions
Looking for Radio operators installing and cable routing in TT. Have you used the frame as a ground plane? Have you tried the KISS HF counter poise system? Thanks
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One of the mods I did was purchase one of these outside cable TV flip lid connectors and replaced the F-connectors with AMATEUR RADIO Connectors...
Then I brought these two connection RG cables into my patch panel for Ham Radio. This was used for outside antennas with one being one of those all band OCR antennas thrown up into two trees.
My truck also has the TARHEEL "LIL TARHEEL" screwdriver antenna mount to the truck bed and I can run a RG cable to that and use my Base station setup KENWOOD TS-850S setup from the trailer. My trailer also has two 2m/440 antennas on the rear roof area of my trailer mounted on the side up near the roof. Those RG cables run to two FM radios that I use for Ham Repeaters in the area I am at...
Its all pretty much just like at home haha...
I have a laptop computer with Ham type programs software running two 24-inch monitors and external keyboard and mouse setup. This is my WX station and my radio RTTY mode I still like to use... I was an avid NAVY MARS station when they was still working. Never joined up with ARMY or AIR FORE MARS when the Navy Mars was shut down... There is still alot of the same mode RTTY ops on the ham bands using the same equipment...
Here at home I belong to a couple of Emergency Radio OPS like SKYWARN and local county emergency radio ops. That keeps me somewhat busy...
I like to go setup in the wooded high country Virginia/West Virginia state line border behind Harrisonburg VA with my off-road POPUP tent trailer which is all setup for Ham radio as well...
One area of my bigger RV was I run several RG cables and the such from one end of the trailer to the other using the Air Conditioner foam ducts built-in to the trailer ceiling. You can pull down the vents which are about every six feet or so and fish RG cables anywhere you need to go. Most often all of this gains access to ceiling mounted cabinets where you can come down and hide the RG cables with ease to where they need to go... Just be sure to re-seal up any holes you make leaving the foam duct with spray in foam so the air conditioner ducts can hold their designed pressure they need to have.
All of my Ham radio seems to run off 12VDC so I installed a separate 12VDC BLUE SEA PANEL which is direct connected to batteries...
Roy Ken
Then I brought these two connection RG cables into my patch panel for Ham Radio. This was used for outside antennas with one being one of those all band OCR antennas thrown up into two trees.
My truck also has the TARHEEL "LIL TARHEEL" screwdriver antenna mount to the truck bed and I can run a RG cable to that and use my Base station setup KENWOOD TS-850S setup from the trailer. My trailer also has two 2m/440 antennas on the rear roof area of my trailer mounted on the side up near the roof. Those RG cables run to two FM radios that I use for Ham Repeaters in the area I am at...
Its all pretty much just like at home haha...
I have a laptop computer with Ham type programs software running two 24-inch monitors and external keyboard and mouse setup. This is my WX station and my radio RTTY mode I still like to use... I was an avid NAVY MARS station when they was still working. Never joined up with ARMY or AIR FORE MARS when the Navy Mars was shut down... There is still alot of the same mode RTTY ops on the ham bands using the same equipment...
Here at home I belong to a couple of Emergency Radio OPS like SKYWARN and local county emergency radio ops. That keeps me somewhat busy...
I like to go setup in the wooded high country Virginia/West Virginia state line border behind Harrisonburg VA with my off-road POPUP tent trailer which is all setup for Ham radio as well...
One area of my bigger RV was I run several RG cables and the such from one end of the trailer to the other using the Air Conditioner foam ducts built-in to the trailer ceiling. You can pull down the vents which are about every six feet or so and fish RG cables anywhere you need to go. Most often all of this gains access to ceiling mounted cabinets where you can come down and hide the RG cables with ease to where they need to go... Just be sure to re-seal up any holes you make leaving the foam duct with spray in foam so the air conditioner ducts can hold their designed pressure they need to have.
All of my Ham radio seems to run off 12VDC so I installed a separate 12VDC BLUE SEA PANEL which is direct connected to batteries...
Roy Ken
