At 04:47 PM 11/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote...
>Would like to know what other hams have worked out antenna-wise for
>poptop-mount or rain-gutter mount for 2-meter and 440 on a Westys.

Not much of a ground plane, with all that fiberglass. You could cut a
(maybe 2"?) hole in the luggage rack, and mount through the Vanagon's
roof. With an NMO, you'd still have the luggage rack available if the
antenna were removed. I also thought about putting an NMO mount in the
middle of the luggage rack, with some sheet metal (flattened furnace
duct?) underneath.

I've got an Austin 500C on the car, which works very well. They will
work 440 without a ground plane, but one is needed for the 1/4 wave
144. A Comet SBB-5 will work without a ground plane, but 38" on top of
a West is pretty high.