It has taken a while to finally get this far but at long
last I’ve put together my mobile setup. I checked the SWR between the antenna
mounted centrally on the roof of my car and my Wouxan handheld. It is very
close to 1:1 across the frequencies I plan to use so no extra adjustments were
required. I plan to build a proper mounting bracket so that I can more easily
access the controls of the transceiver. So far I’ve just been listening to see
what the reception is like on my journey to and from work. I seem to get a
reasonable signal on a couple of the repeaters and the one at Danbury seems to
pick-up my signal, even though I’m only pushing out 5 Watts. As long as the reception
is acceptable I may look into the possibility of making a 2m amplifier to boost
my output.
Here are some pictures of my current in-car configuration.
