Just wondered what antennas people are using for HF mobile ?
I have an Icom R2500 receiver in the car and tend to use a mag mount based antenna that has a "fly-lead" that can be adjusted to change the receiving band of the aerial.
Similar in length and not too dissimilar looking (apart from fly lead) than a CB antenna - and that's my problem...I have couple of other antennas on the car for work that are Military airband , UHF comms 400-420mhz and also a SATCOM vertical antenna approx 12 inches long with diameter of a deodorant can - so they are all similar in size apart from my HF aerial !!!!
So , has anyone tried one of those vertical active HF antennas ? the one I see all the time on auction sites is white in colour , approx 15 inches high with diameter bit shy of that of a fizzy drinks can....this would be perfect to "match" my existing array of aerials....supplying the power to the antenna may be an issue and modern cars are notorious for creating lots of mush on the radio - any comments/ideas/suggestions ?
I know some people struggle with HF reception in the car , however my Icom r2500 has twin receive covering low down freqs up to 3ghz !! and whilst listening on the move on the motorway I regularly hear USAF aircraft on 8.992 or 11.175 mhz (USB) as clear as any local taxi firm , with hardly any interference..BUT that's using the quite large cb style vertical.
Please let me know

As always , thankyou in advance


USAFE501