Hitch mounting would be convenient but it will raise your ground losses. You need the ground plane under the antenna. That might actually make things worse; weaker transmit, weaker & noisier receive.

 

FYI I have ferrite beads on each ignition wire to help cut the noise on my 08

#31 beads

 

Yes.....when he's moving down the road that could be true. But I think he mentioned being parked or contesting, which should be fine. He could even run a few radials off it when he is stationary. I think it's a great idea. Heck....by the looks of it, he could probably even mount a full size Hustler to that thing....

 

are those 1/2 or 1/4 cord?

http://www.amazon.com/Ferrite-Core-C...1464492&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Ferrite-Core-C...1464492&sr=8-3

 

Says they have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2.....

 

It may cost a bit more but I always buy my beads from dxengineering.com. High quality and the right mix (31). If you get the wrong mix it won't help with HF freqs. I believe the .525 are right for ignition wire.

 

ahh ok. So these? http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.a...o=DXE-CSB-525P

 

These are the different stuff I purchased, you will need the bigger ones for some of the other noise items you will need to kill. If I remember correct the 275P are what I put on the ingnition wires.

http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.a...=DXE-CSB-COMBO

http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.a...o=DXE-CSB-275P

 

So did you end up getting rid of all your noise problems Don...???

 

It's gonna be getting a tarheel 2 come tax time. Gonna mount a fixture to put up my 48 ft of army surplus pole on it with my center fed wire dipole I'm making.