On 6/10/2013 10:30 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> Then I was mistaken. Mounting at the rear hatch is good enough for
> VHF?

For most mobile VHF antennas (1/4 or 5/8 wave), front or rear of a
Vanagon has enough metal, even for 6 M (not perfect, but about as good
as it gets on a vehicle). It's hard to mount in the middle of the metal
on a Westy, front or back, so you take what you can get. I'd guess he's
most concerned with 144/440, where the only place with insufficient
ground plane is in the middle of the van. Is 6 M mobile active (I've
never bothered/tried)?