Our club uses a Icom IC-A6 handheld with a 5/8" mag mount whip as both a
base radio and a chase radio, if needed. When at our home field we have a
10' mast (standard length of galvanized pipe at Home Depot) with a ground
plane at the top. The whip antenna is simply "mag mounted" on the top if
the plate holding the ground plane elements. At camps, we use the top of a
convient car.

The Icom gives us the ability to monitor (scan) both the local unicom
frequency and 123.3. We have it rigged with an external speaker and hand
mic.

John Scott