Bill Collins wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any experience running a 100 watt HF radio in a vanagon?
>  I'm thinking of a temporary installation for an upcomming trip.  The rig
> will probably be hooked straight to the battery (actually easy to do for
> once!), with the antenna mounted on the rear bumper.
>
> Bill

Bill,  I've been running various HF rigs in my '91 syncro westie since I
bought it new.  I've currently got a "bug-catcher" mounted on the rear
side panel (below the plastic vents) hooked to a remote mounted Yaesu
FT-900.  Everything works as expected with no problems.  I've probably
worked over a 100 countries with this setup in the westie.

The only problem I've had with RF in the Vanagon, is with a 50 watt UHF
rig, which seems to cause odd effects like deceleration, near stalls at
times.  I've got to do some more grounding.

73 and Good Luck.

 - Vern

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