John Canfield
Site Team
I pulled the Yaesu FTM-10R from the Jeep finding it completely obtuse to operate while bouncing around the trails. Being completely menu-driven I never could remember even how to turn the dumb thing on most of the times since I used it so infrequently. Replaced it with a Kenwood TM-V71A which I found to be very intuitive and easy to program and operate.
Anyway I was thinking about installing the Yaesu in the coach instead of trying to sell it, it would be fun to have 2m/440 with us on the road and I could spend more time learning the Yaesu in a kinder environment. What have others done for a dual band antenna (no counterpoise required) with a whip length of the 30" or less range? What about the mount? I installed a Diamond on the Jeep that would work well for the coach but the mount is an SO-239 and I don't know how I could make that work on the front cap.
73 de wb5tht
Anyway I was thinking about installing the Yaesu in the coach instead of trying to sell it, it would be fun to have 2m/440 with us on the road and I could spend more time learning the Yaesu in a kinder environment. What have others done for a dual band antenna (no counterpoise required) with a whip length of the 30" or less range? What about the mount? I installed a Diamond on the Jeep that would work well for the coach but the mount is an SO-239 and I don't know how I could make that work on the front cap.
73 de wb5tht