John:

The mobile antenna I use is an NMO type Diamond 770.

I'll have to check the book to see what it says about needing a ground plane 
to work well.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: splicing coax


they make uhf and vhf antennas that don't need the grounding from the car
body, I have one and it works great, in fact I may have 2, I think the one
in my go kit is that way as well. They're not all that cheap but they sure
work.
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From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: splicing coax


>    Michael:
>
> Can you give me the information on that N M O mount you describe?
>
> Might be a good possibility, although I wonder how well an antenna mounted
> so low on the car body would do, especially with the lack of a sufficient
> ground plane beneath it.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "For blind ham radio operators" <[log in to unmask]>; "tom
> behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: splicing coax
>
>
> they make a very very nice nmo mount that secures to the trunk with 4 set
> screws that do not even drill into the body, the rest of the mount is
> rubber
> covered so it is invisible when removed from the car. also there are some
> good glass mount antennas, but they only work if you don't have tinted
> glass, and most cars have that unfortunately  there is also another type
> of
> mount that goes behind the license plate where the plate mounts to the
> car.
> Those are good enough for een a hamstick antenna, or a big colinear 2m
> antennaand leave absolutely no marks on the car whatsoever