[OZAPRS] Antennas on bikes?

[Norm, VK2XCI]

Ron would be the man to talk to

ronk at sunlinux.com.au

He sets it up om his Kwaka GTR


Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> Oops, keep forgetting that some people take 'bike' to mean pushbike ;)
> 
> I was meaning mounting on a motorbike :)  Mounting in front of the
mirrors 
> would be easiest, cable-routing-wise, but not sure what whips will do in
the 
> wind, or how much noise they'd make...  Mounting off the sides of the
top 
> box at the back would probably be the best, but a little worried that
it'll 
> make the flying brick look even more like a cop bike and freak people
out 
> more than it already does... 
> http://imagestore.ugbox.net/aview/DSCF1251_7974fd91508f95ce97cf5a2
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Damien
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darryl Smith" <Darryl at Radio-active.net.au>
> To: "'Damien Gardner Jnr'" <rendrag at rendrag.net>; "'VK / ZL APRS Users'"

> <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:13 PM
> Subject: RE: [OZAPRS] Antennas on bikes?
> 
> 
>> Steve Roberts, N4RVE of Nomadic Research Labs... http://microship.com/
>>
>> Darryl
>>
>> ---------
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>> Behalf Of Damien Gardner Jnr
>> Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2006 7:02 PM
>> To: VK / ZL APRS Users
>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Antennas on bikes?
>>
>> Howdy Folks,
>>
>> Little unusual question, but I seem to remember at the APRS symposium a

>> few
>> years ago (that was a while ago now come to think of it..), someone was
>> there on a bike with a ham rig installed..
>>
>> I'm just in the process of fitting up the intercom on the bike, and
wiring
>> in the ipod, phone, navman, UHF cb, etc.. And am also setting up my D7 
>> with
>> an etrex attached for APRS..  I'm wondering, if anyone has fitted up
>> antennas to their bike, where do you find the best place? I can't
decide
>> whether it's best to do up mounts coming off the mirror mounts, mount
them
>> off the side crash bars, or run a mounting bar to put the antennas
either
>> side of the top box at the back..
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Damien
>>
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