[TheList] non vehicle non handheld fleetlink ?

Tue Nov 3 21:11:01 AEDT 2009

Not all that important to have a groundplane with a mag mount as it still does not get a sufficient ground to the body. 

A mag mount would do the trick fine. 

Or you could build a box for the radio and battery to sit in and connect an aerial with an artificial ground plane.

Hope that makes sense

Brendan

> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:14:41 +1300
> From: gary at flightpath.co.nz
> To: thelist at radiowiki.org.n
> Subject: [TheList] non vehicle non handheld fleetlink ?
> 
> We've identified a need for someone who will be dropped off to work 
> (i.e. no vehicle) for 3 or 4 hours at a time in various out of the way 
> places to have a fleetlink radio.  They'll be in pretty ropey signal 
> areas at times so we don't think a handheld will cut it.
> 
> Giving them a proper vehicle radio isn't a problem, a car battery to 
> power it is easily done, can anyone give sage advice about an aerial ?
> 
> My own knowledge in this area can be summed up as "mag mount aerials 
> work a lot better with a large metal object e.g. a car under them". I 
> remember many moons ago our radio expert used to duct tape a baking tray 
> to the roof of our fibreglass campervan to stick the aerial to, would 
> something that simple do the trick ?
> 
> Thanks
> Gary
> 
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