The Airmog saw some sunshine today

[Mogman]

The Airmog got to be in the sunshine for the first time in a couple decades to its new storage spot in a Conex box, the factory dimensions were of little use as the Gama Goat tires and wheels are much taller than the factory tires.
This truck has some unique features other than the tires it has a hard cab. the wheel hub steps are wider than the military ones those and the fancy steps on the rear of the fenders came off of an expedition 404, it also has a 5 cyl. turbo diesel, Air assisted power bakes, AirOmatic power steering and air operated WW motors, and of course that awesome factory winch which came off of a flood victim I bough out of Mississippi.
I have several big projects ahead of this but do hope to get to it before I die.
I knew if I put it in the back of a Conex it would not see daylight again until I died and the big auction took place so I put it in the "front" of the box and will install a rollup door in the other end so I can use the rest of the space but can drag out the Unimog any time I want to.
She was a tight squeeze, the hatch guards were strumming the top of the door opening, sounded like a base fiddle

 

[Mogman]

Any of you Ham guys see anything interesting?

 

[Bulldogger]

Any of you Ham guys see anything interesting?

HF?

 

[Guyfang]

Nice Mog. In 1989 I spent several nights in one while on a NATO Tactical Evaluation of a German Hawk Battalion. As long as the heater works, its a nice place to crash. Not that anyone got much sleep for 3 days and nights! Beer was good, anyway.

 

[Migginsbros]

Any of you Ham guys see anything interesting?

Selfmade steel bikini top.

 

[Migginsbros]

@Mogman why do you call him Airmog. Is this tool in front a a winch or an air compressor?

 

[Mogman]

@Mogman why do you call him Airmog. Is this tool in front a a winch or an air compressor?

It has the factory air compressor with air assisted power brakes (m35), air assisted steering (Air-O-Matic from an 18 wheeler) and Air WW motors (M35)

 

[Mogman]

HF?

Off subject, sorry
You are correct sir!!
What you see in the first pic is the shorter pole that the balanced-balanced tuner box is mounted, the other pole is one corner of a loop, in the second pic you can see one of the other corner poles, the loop is square with each side being 270 ft for a total of 1080 ft or just a hair over 320 meters.
These are considered cloud burners but when operated at multiples of the frequency and the higher they are mounted the signal starts to flatten out, the more the multiples the flatter it gets, even at 160 meters where the antenna is operating at 2X the frequency is works darn good, have chewed the fat with many in the Texas area on cool winter nights on the top band.
The tuner feeds the corner of the loop through 6" open wire feeder using ceramic spacers
Under the tuner is around 60 feet of 1/2 LDF4_50A heliax, wrapped around the telephone pole, that is the input balun.
The most I have ever pushed through it is the legal 1500W and that is my story and I am sticking to it!!
Works like a hose, killer on 80,40 and 20
I have not been on the air in a long time, probably have not opened that box in 10 years, sometime life takes over your hobbies