Trailer hitch mount

[K2UBG]

Hi,

  I have seen a mount that inserts into a trailer hitch receiver and offsets out to the drivers side to support a screwdriver . Can anyone tell me where to find one?

[WB2WIK]

"Tenna Hitch" sold by HRO.  Used to be made by N5DC, "DC Sales" but maybe taken over since them.

I have one on my station wagon, it's been working faithfully for several years.

http://www.hamradio.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/ase?ITEM=HITCH&MAX=1000&OPT=on

WB2WIK/6

[K0BG]

Efficiency wise, a trailer hitch is one of the poorer places to mount a mobile antenna, especially on a van or SUV. Where ever you mount it, keep the coil as far away from the body as possible. Mounting it atop a long post isn't an answer either. If you need some hints, visit my web site, and look under Installations. BTW, you can have a mount made cheaper than you can buy one. There are several in the aforementioned article.

Alan, KØBG
www.k0bg.com

[W3LK]

A better way to use the hitch platform is to weld a 2" square tube to the transverse portion of the platform with the end sticking out past the left side of the vehicle. A solid round bar of the proper size for your antenna's mount is then welded vertically to the square tube. In the case of the High Sierras, that a 1.25" bar.

The bottom of my HS is 5 inches from the fender and the coil is almost a foot away, because of the Windstar's body taper.

73,

Lon - W3LK
Baltimore, Maryland

[K4KWH]

You can also extend those backwards "L" or "F" mounts upwards to get the feedpoint 2-3 feet in the air. I have made some of them for myself and there is a fellow down in SC that makes them for around 30 bucks.
I *think* he is at davyjones@bellsouth.net. Good luck finding what you are looking for.

73

K4KWH