Simple antennas for the Hawaii Island Amateur Radio Operator--a continuing series
While I was searching through some boxed electronic parts in the garage this afternoon, I discovered an old Hustler mobile mast, bumper mount, shock spring, and coils for 40 meters, 20 meters, and 15 meters. When I first became an amateur radio operator back in 1977, I used the Hustler system on my then almost new 1976 Toyota Corolla. That was a very small vehicle and I had to be creative in placing an old Swan 260 Cygnet transceiver in front of the passenger's seat. Fortunately, the Toyota had a metal bumper which was able to hold the mobile mount and antenna. After I bonded all the body and engine bolts with copper braid and installed special spark plugs, the system became a cumbersome, but successful mobile installation. When I moved to my present location in Laupahoehoe and bought a new car, I cleaned and stored the old mobile antenna in the garage and gave the old Swan transceiver to a new ham who didn't have a rig. Since that time, I haven't done much in the way