> > neighborhoods, there was a wave of enormous CB antennas   
   > > with HUGE open-wire loading coils at the base, ones that   
   > > appeared to be made of 3/8" copper tubing or something   
   >   
   > I don't see many of them anymore, but they're most fun to see   
   > on top of a subcompact.   
      
   I still see them occasionally, often on the top of big   
   old Suburbans for some reason.  Not exactly a practical   
   thing--I imagine they're constantly raking trees and   
   overhangs and such.  But I often get a grin when I see   
   the things.  :-)   
      
   I got into mobile HF about a half-dozen years ago; I had   
   just bought a white 2000 Chevy Impala, mounted a 706 in   
   the glove compartment--or, as my wife pointed out with   
   real pain in her voice, where the glove compartment used   
   to be.  :-)  I had a trunk-lip-mounted Hamstick for 20 or   
   15, an MFJ mag-mount 6-meter quarter-wave, and a little   
   2meter mag mount on that car.   
      
   For a while I was puzzled at how many people in front of   
   me would abruptly slow down when I got behind them.  Then   
   I realized some of the local police departments had   
   bought white Impalas, and seeing one festooned with   
   antennas (more and bigger antennas than actual police   
   cars) apparently made people think I might have been   
   "The Law."  I left the 706 in that car for several   
   years--it was easier than un-shoehorning it out of the   
   dash--but took the antennas off as soon as I quit using   
   HF from the car, to quit scaring people.  :-)   
      
      
    _______________________________________________   
    Ken Kuzenski   AC4RD   ken . kuzenski at duke .edu   
    _______________________________________________   
   All disclaimers apply, see?  www.duke.edu/~kuzen001   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)