Mobile
My mobile station is comprised of an almost vintage Audi 100 that sports an Icom IC-706MK2 for HF and a Kenwood TM-G707A on VHF and UHF. The antennas are a Nagoya SG7200 dual band, a Diamond SG-7900 dual band and a KJ7U Shorty II 160-6 meter for HF. The Shorty II attracts its fair share of stares and has been photographed on several occasions by passersby's. Fortunately the Audi has sufficient trunk space to hold them all. It is also blessed with a rather well bonded body so grounding is not too much of an issue. If you want more info on the KJ7U line of antennas, click here.
The current HF install is not quite up to Larry's specifications, the whip is shorter, the cabling not quite ideal. However it works! I am sure this is more of a tribute to Larry's antenna rather than my hastily installed setup. I will change the whip from 4ft to 7ft, redo the RF cable might even change the grounding strap, but then again. The Shorty II is mounted on a home fabricated penta mag mount. That's right, 5 magnets. It is a composite setup up that is part MFJ Goliath, tri mag mount and another tri mag mount that I had here. A quad mount would probably suffice, though with the size and weight of the Shorty II I decided against taking chances. It has proven itself stable at 120Km/hr ( 75 mph). I avoid low trees, and drive through's. Frequently asked questions include: "What is that?" , "Is that a flux capacitor?". Yes, I have been told it looks like the trunk of the DeLorean from "Back to the Future".
The VHF / UHF antennas are comprised of a Nagoya SG-7200 which I have hooked up on the IC-706 VHF side and a Diamond SG-7900 for the Kenwood dual bander. I have heard some criticism of the size of the SG-7900. For me it is not an issue as it is shorter than the Hustler Hustler CGT-144 Collinear it replaced.
Both the Icom and the Kenwood are remote mounted. The Icom is mounted to the bulkhead aft of the rear seat in the trunk. The Kenwood is mounted under the rear seat adjacent to the battery compartment. The Kenwood control head is mounted on the dash to the passenger side of the centre console. The 706 control head is currently free floating usually located near the centre armrest. A RAM Mount system will be installed to better position it.
Manuals, Manuals Manuals!
I have over 12GBs of various manuals. I can not post them all here as I don't have that much server storage space (remember this is not a commercial venture, it's all funded by me). If you are looking for a manual use the contact me link below and give me the details. I will search my collections and get back to you. Hopefully I will have a catalog page set up in the near future showing all the manuals I have. Only problem will be keeping it up to date as I keep obtaining more. Check the links below, I add manuals as I find them. I am not in the business of selling manuals. I can provide cerlox or spiral bound paper copies or CD /DVD copies for the cost of reproduction and postage. Have some that I don't? Want to share? Just let me know.