DX Mobile Finally Finished (for now)

[51]

Well, i finally finished the 51 dx mobile install. The basic run down is: RCI 2950dx radio.palstar meter, texas star dx250 (at 100w) driving texas star sweet sixteen, LMR400 transmission line, fatboy r6 antennas. At 1600w 4w reflect, 14.0v. 1.15 vswr. she's a talker, now im just waiting for the dx to start rolling so i can put it thru its paces. tried to post more pics bunt cant get more than three up, hmm. also the back antenna looks weird and crooked in the picture but it is straight and perfect. must have been the angle i took the pic, weird..

[MDYoungblood]

Looks good, post a few more pics, heck 3 pics at a time is better than none. How do you have the antennas setup, co-phased, slingshot, etc.?

3's

Greg

[51]

The front antenna is driven and the back antenna is grounded, reflector, (Bounceback sys). Will post afew more pics this weekend.

[51]

i will try a few more but its cold for a photo shoot out here. lol, plus its nothing special really. just a rock solid talker. im happy with it

[Blue Ox2]

So 51,

What is your total clearance with those antennas on yer wheels?

73,

Mike

[51]

honestly i have never measured it. if i had to guess the total height from the ground to the tip of the antenna, i would say around 12ft maybe? i dont know

[51]

well, i got the two meters in. i was gonna go with bird line sections, meters etc but thats like $600 for everything, naaaahhhh. just went with two palstar meters for a little more than half the cost. one meter monitors the driver box output and big box reflect, the other meter monitors the big box output and antenna reflect. now if the skip would start rolling so i could play with it all i would be a happy camper. (i dont know why but my phone camera likes to make things look crooked hahaha. the meters look crooked but they are straight)

[Scipio Kid]

Every time someone takes a picture of me ... I find myself blaming the camera as well.

Also, with a setup like that, I'm wondering how far your mileage drops when you're transmitting? Or did you simply install an extra 454 with a 25 KW generator in place of the rear seat to handle things?

[51]

haha, its just an 8 pill mobile, not a 32 pill with 8 alternators etc.. one BIG alternator and a few batteries and shes golden.

[Lost Ram]

I like it, nice looking Rigs, the truck and the radio setup. I ran an 8 with two batteries and a hotter alt for a long time, worked great, I bet yours does too.

[51]

Yup, 2 big batteries and a 350a alternator is all i run. It doesn't even hickup when i keydown. Voltage stays solid 14.5v. With everything on too, heaters etc.

[Lost Ram]

I only had a 150A alt but I did have two Cat D9 batteries so it worked good. In the evening I am on 37/38 LSB perhaps when the propagation is good we can talk.

[51]

Yea sounds good, im dying to key it down, there has been no skip since I finished it, and theres no local am around here either so needless to say radio is dead around here with no propagation

[Lost Ram]

What area are you in, yesterday one of the locals picked up Tyler TX in the afternoon. I am in Shreveport La.

[51]

Im in the NW corner,. oregon

[sonoma]

A buddy of mine runs a setup like this , same truck as yours, and he can talk local pegging all other radios RX meter at 50 plus miles away from you local.
he gets out no matter where he is at in town.

[51]

Yea that sounds about right. I like talking skip more than to the guy up the road etc.