Any ham radio guys here? AC8ZL

That's how I found out about it - one of my POTA friends. So that's 2!!! Thanks for the reply!
 
Hi, N4LEW here, Larry.

I have a Yaesu FT-891 with the Buddy Stick vertical antenna. I put the antenna on 10 feet of flagpole mast off the ladder of the RV. I've worked many stations including working field day up in Ohio a couple of times. Very happy with the setup, although I recently purchased the ATAS-120A auto tumer antenna and am looking forward to trying that this summer when we are at OBX.
 
Hi, N4LEW here, Larry.

I have a Yaesu FT-891 with the Buddy Stick vertical antenna. I put the antenna on 10 feet of flagpole mast off the ladder of the RV. I've worked many stations including working field day up in Ohio a couple of times. Very happy with the setup, although I recently purchased the ATAS-120A auto tumer antenna and am looking forward to trying that this summer when we are at OBX.

I've got an FT-891 in my truck (which I only run QRP) and an ATAS-120A mounted at the front of the bed on a Breedlove mount. It works fine. Obviously, the antenna is a based loaded vertical with a short whip, so I'm not in contention for winning any major contests, but I've done dozens of POTA activations and even at 5W I've never had a problem. I'm told that the critical issue for the ATAS-120A is a REALLY good ground; mine is attached to the truck bed which seems to work fine.
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Good luck,
73 Skip K4EAK
 

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