Has anyone here ever dealt with HRO trade or consignment?

[W5BRM]

So....would a 20m whip be too much for the mount? This one, right?2017-05-04_2020.pngWilson 305500

My thought would be to put a quick disconnect on there and do what I used to do. Which was to put the 20m whip on during the day and the 40m or 75m whip on at night. I had a dedicated 11m antenna on the passengers mirror so it never moved off. 2m/70cm had its own dedicated antenna as well and an XM mast rounded out my compliment. But then again, I dove for an O.O. that was cool and encouraged stuff like that.

Thats the mount I will be using. I've acutally been through 2 of them in the past but word has it that Wilson has improved the weld on them. Mine broke right where the stud comes out of the bracket.

Also, I had my HF mounts at a 45* angle so I kept under 13'6", not sure if that's an option with this mount; it doesn't look like it. Keep up the good fight. Funny how you can use an inverter for a P.S. to run a rig. It makes me wonder if the corporate bean counters have ever set foot in a large car before.

Carry on, I'm curious to see how this ends up working out for you.


on edit - HRO used to sell fiberglass whips made for the ham bands (I forgot the brand, sorry) that looked a lot like black CB whips. I liked them because they looked like CB antennas; no one would want to get in my rig and rip off my ICOM if they thought it was only a CB from a quick glance outside. These guys running screwdrivers are just setting themselves up for a break in, IMO.

MFJ makes fiberglass whips for all bands 70cm to 80m if I remember right. I think HRO sells them as they sell everything else MFJ makes...lol. Last time I had a radio in the truck (over a decade ago), I used 10, 12 and 15m whips before moving onto a high sierra screwdriver. They work but are lossy. Anything lower and there is just too much loss. I'd like to put a 17m one on as I really like 17m.

As to keeping the antenna's under 13'6', you pretty much have to put them at 45* angle. the mirror frame is still high enough that the lower band antenna's would exceed max height otherwise. I might be able to keep the current 2m 5/8 whip verticle as it's about 5ft total in height.

Looking forward to playing around with this new radio. There is a Fusion repeater over in Lawton but nobody has been on it all weekend. Think they use it primarily for skywarn and wx related activity anyway.