Dirty Job

This is the edge. A 300' drop.

Arizona Strip, north of the Grand Canyon.

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KN6KS says:

Frank, I have just got to say, you guys are hilarious! You spend beaucoup bux tearing down your rig, taking it about as far away from stock as possible, then REFUSE to drill a couple of little holes in the roof that would actually make transmissions out of a remote area such as this a bit more feasible. Shame on you, as a radio guy you should know it's all about the ground plane. Sorry, I just can't be seen 'wheeling with you amateur amateurs anymore! ;-)
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unwiredadventures says:

I just knew I was going to get this comment from you. :-) The problem is, I haven't decided which antennas I want and exactly which place to install. Then what would I do with them when I put on the roof rack? Which I use on many trips. I will be drilling holes, but not until I know exactly what I want.

BTW, the antennas pictured (except for the CB antenna on the tire mount) are all designed without the need for a ground plane. the one on the right is for 220 and the one on the left is 144.
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KN6KS says:

Okay, I'm with you on the no-ground plane antennas. Here's an idea for you, drill 3 or 4 NMO holes, where you want them when no roof rack is mounted, then make yourself some adapters for when the roof rack is installed. Weld some tabs onto the roof rack and fashion yourself some Coaxial jumpers, some kind of NMO connector on one end, and a PL-259 on the other that will connect to the base of the "tabbed" antenna mount on the roof rack. That way, you just have to put the "jumpers" on and connect them to the roof rack mounted antennas when you have it installed. I've never seen an NMO coaxial adapter, but I'm sure such a beast exists. If not, it couldn't be that difficult to fashion one using an old NMO antenna base.
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KN6KS says:

220!?! What are you doing on 220? Get back on .520 where you belong. No wonder I never hear you anymore.
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unwiredadventures says:

220MHz was used by the group on this trip.
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KN6KS says:

I gotta say...Why? Why would a group of offroaders pick 220? Most amateurs do not have 220, while almost every ham has 2 meters! Hell, more hams have 6 meters that have 220 I'd bet!
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KN6KS says:

Must be a "Toyota" thing ;-)
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unwiredadventures says:

Actually, the group was all Jeeps! They like 220 because there is less noise than with 144.
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KN6KS says:

Hmm, being FM I wonder at that comment, but to each their own....But it is definitely not a Jeep thing ;-)
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unwiredadventures says:

The groups was 5 Jeeps, 1 land Cruiser. I had a 220 radio but it was not yet installed in my truck. I put it in just for this trip. This groups has been doing trip like this for years. They started using 220 for these trip years ago.
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