From: J. Wiehe (j.wiehe@sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 11:16:48 PST
This was posted on the Military Radios list last year.
They are not my instructions but cover what you are
wanting to do.
Jim Wiehe VA3JHW
j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
Message: 10
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:31:44 -0000
From: "prcradio" <km6ab@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Modify an MX-6707 with AS-1729 for use on CB?
Here are some instructions I gave someone a while back, don't know if
they did it or how it worked but it's worth a try:
Take the bottom cover off the 1729 and look at the bottom of the ant
with the coax cable/connector facing you. Find the 5th tuning
capacitor
(small screw driver adjustment) counting from the coax cable in a
counter-clockwise direction. This capacitor (C8) tunes the lowest band
30-33mhz on the antenna and will probably allow you to match the
antenna at 27mhz. You will need to have the whip attached and
preferably mount the antenna on the vehicle. If not mounted, tune the
antenna on a wooden ladder, away from any large metal objects. This
antenna does not require a ground plane.
The above was posted on the Military Radios list last year.
Jim Wiehe VA3JHW
j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] AS-1729 antenna question
> I'm having too much fun with this list and start to ask first and read about
> it later. A "vertical dipole", it must be a masterpiece of design to you
> radio guys out there, hope I didn't insult anybody with a simplistic
> question.
> As far as a CB antenna, perhaps it will work for short range communications
> at least and it sure looks better.
> Thanks everybody for your help!
> Bjorn
> Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains (light snow on the ground this morning)
>
>
>
> >From: "Trish & Carla" <wa6ube@tactical-link.com>
> >Reply-To: <wa6ube@tactical-link.com>
> >To: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>,"Military Vehicles Mailing
> >List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: RE: [MV] AS-1729 antenna question
> >Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:32:45 -0800
> >
> >
> >Keep in mind that the AS1729 is actually a vertical dipole that
> >is fed at the center, so looks can be deceiving if you are
> >comparing overall length to that of a 1/4-wave CB whip ...
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