Bill Collins wrote: > > Does anyone have any experience running a 100 watt HF radio in a vanagon? > I'm thinking of a temporary installation for an upcomming trip. The rig > will probably be hooked straight to the battery (actually easy to do for > once!), with the antenna mounted on the rear bumper. > > Bill Bill, I've been running various HF rigs in my '91 syncro westie since I bought it new. I've currently got a "bug-catcher" mounted on the rear side panel (below the plastic vents) hooked to a remote mounted Yaesu FT-900. Everything works as expected with no problems. I've probably worked over a 100 countries with this setup in the westie. The only problem I've had with RF in the Vanagon, is with a 50 watt UHF rig, which seems to cause odd effects like deceleration, near stalls at times. I've got to do some more grounding. 73 and Good Luck. - Vern -- Vern Brownell, mailto:vern@brownell.com http://www.brownell.com/~vern/ --... ...-- -.. . .-- .---- ...- -... |
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