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Gordon Gekko
12-28-2013, 09:38 PM
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Yes that's Wilson 5k mag mount on an attic fan. Four wire radials were affixed to the metal fan base and trimmed for optimum swr. The optimum swr turned out to be 1:1 across all 40.

This getup is extremely stealthy as well

222DBFL
12-29-2013, 01:03 AM
That's funny as I am running a wilson 5000 on a steel plate on top of my porch roof which is all aluminum. Have about 60-70ft of lmr400 to a barrel connector then lmr240 to the antenna. Swr readings are flat across all 40 as well. I have talked 170 miles locally from Daytona beach to west palm beach and also to canada on 38lsb. It works good for a small stealth type setup, next i am going to try and make a home brew dipole.

222DBFL
12-29-2013, 01:07 AM
And by the way looks good. How does it tx/rx?? I like the radials. May have to try something like that. I forgot to mention that I pounded a 5/8" ground rod down and grounded the steel plate with some solid #12awg as well.

Gordon Gekko
12-29-2013, 07:03 AM
Lol truthfully I can't answer how the tx is...there fuckin nobody on the air! For 3 days I couldn't get a radio check due to lack of operators.
Rx seems OK..caught a bunch of stupid skip coming in.
The radials were obviously key to tuning. Without them the swr was around 2.5 now its flat.
I am in south Florida and the local action is nill.

222DBFL
12-29-2013, 07:53 AM
I spoke with operator 158 TAZ in the west palm beach area the other day on 38lsb from the Daytona beach area, are you working am only, as I found that 38lsb seems to be a good spot for locals and dx'ing as well these days in my own experience anyway. Keep trying, it will come, I made contact to canada as well, and this is with a uniden pc122xl, no amp. Hopefully you get some conditions soon and will be able to talk. And oh yeah, nobody on 19 would give you a radio check?? If so that really does suck. Anyway hope you make contact soon, maybe add a ground rod and ground the plate the radials are mounted to. Might help, might not, I know my swr readings went from 2.5 to near a 1.1 on all channels with adding the ground and some proper coax. Anyway as I said good luck and have some fun. God bless.

Gordon Gekko
12-29-2013, 08:25 AM
Sad thing is that there was nobody on 19 to give a radio check. Its truly dead.
I did hear someone on 38lsb yesterday. He was talking to someone who I couldn't hear at all telling him the definition of "wetback"
The guy was booming in on my end but he didn't get back to me. I'm not sure if it was skip or not.

Gordon Gekko
12-29-2013, 02:32 PM
Not much local action but DX has been abundant. I've talked all over the place this morning like nobody's business. So the long and short is...the antenna works.

Gordon Gekko
12-29-2013, 02:32 PM
Oh yea...Coolbreeze is a ween

the caveman
12-29-2013, 04:12 PM
What radio are you running with that? And does it pick up fan noise?

Gordon Gekko
12-29-2013, 04:34 PM
General Grant. Palomar Skipper 300. And no fan noise as of yet.

the caveman
12-29-2013, 05:28 PM
General Grant. Palomar Skipper 300. And no fan noise as of yet.
Good deal. Perhaps making a plate elevated on one side to level it out could help how it emits the signal could help. Just a thought.

CBRN38
12-29-2013, 07:44 PM
even though gordon is a reject. Im glad to see he is back on the base.

Gordon Gekko
12-29-2013, 08:49 PM
Ooohhhhhh its so good to have cbrn 38 back on

the caveman
12-29-2013, 10:05 PM
Ooohhhhhh its so good to have cbrn 38 back on
What happened to him in the first place?

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 06:57 AM
He got arrested for prostitution at the Vince Lombardi rest stoon the NJ Turnpike. Evidently there was a big ongoing sting operation. The Feds were cracking down on men soliciting sex from truck drivers. It was on 60 Minutes a few months back.

the caveman
12-30-2013, 09:04 AM
He got arrested for prostitution at the Vince Lombardi rest stoon the NJ Turnpike. Evidently there was a big ongoing sting operation. The Feds were cracking down on men soliciting sex from truck drivers. It was on 60 Minutes a few months back.
Sounds liken it was a grand ole time :lol:

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 09:23 AM
Well for him and the gay drivers it was. He didn't think it was so much fun when the feds kicked in the door and caught him bent over a toilet bowl

the caveman
12-30-2013, 10:48 AM
Well for him and the gay drivers it was. He didn't think it was so much fun when the feds kicked in the door and caught him bent over a toilet bowl
Are you referring to just gay drivers or all drivers?

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 12:26 PM
Just the gay ones. Coolbreeze once tried soliciting a straight driver...once.

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 12:32 PM
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Swapped the Wilson with the Sirio. The sirio base adjusts so I can have it perfectly vertical as opposed to it looking like a flaccid penis as the Wilson does.

The sirio tunes in just as well as the Wilson. I'll need to wait till tonight when the locals are out to get a proper radio check. In the mobile the sirio fucking blew away the Wilson in ever measurable way. Excited to see what happens in the roof

the caveman
12-30-2013, 12:45 PM
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Swapped the Wilson with the Sirio. The sirio base adjusts so I can have it perfectly vertical as opposed to it looking like a flaccid penis as the Wilson does.

The sirio tunes in just as well as the Wilson. I'll need to wait till tonight when the locals are out to get a proper radio check. In the mobile the sirio fucking blew away the Wilson in ever measurable way. Excited to see what happens in the roof
It will probably work better now that you have a vertical antenna.

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 01:23 PM
It will work better because the sirio is a clearly superior antenna to the wilson

the caveman
12-30-2013, 01:24 PM
It will probably work better now that you have a vertical antenna.
From what I hear and read about them they are better than the Wilson antennas.

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 03:09 PM
They sure are. Excellent mobile antenna.

the caveman
12-30-2013, 04:47 PM
They sure are. Excellent mobile antenna.
Ive got another idea for a easy to make base antenna. 102in whip on a swivel mount to make it completely vertical. Idk if you think that would be an improvement over the sirio.

Gordon Gekko
12-30-2013, 04:52 PM
A 102 would work better to a degree however as it is now I am walking on thin ice with the hoa. A 102 would be even more conspicuous. Furthermore I'd have to fabricate some other mount. This whole get up works because the mag mount adheres to the attic fan.
This sirio adjusts so it does stand vertical.