FollowupID: 3938 Submitted:
Wednesday, Nov 06, 2002 at 00:00
Bob Y. posted:
Darian, read your page, and found it interesting. We had s/steel aerials here some years ago, when the choice wasn't as great as it is now. They were good, giving pleasing results over long distances, but they don't last. They fatigue and break off just above the mount - not handy if youre a long way from the dealer. As for movement of vehicle affecting the transmission, if the radio/aerial unit are running efficiently, then movement would have to be extreme before the signal was degraded. Just my thoughts, as we run 6 mobiles here on everything from hilux to Cat grader, to repeater, up to 60 kms away.
There were some uhf aerial designs in one of the old electronic magazines once, don't remember which one. Catch you later....
