Michael:
Well, I'll check for possibilities at our next sswap. Ifyou do find the
info on that trunk mount, please send it along.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: splicing coax
unfortunately I do no tknow who makes it I just saw it on a friend's =
car. antennas mounted that way work just great, especially at 2 meters, =
it's more of a counterpoise than a ground plane but they work very well, =
I used to have one mounted similiarally, except with a angle bracket =
mount and 50w would make most repeaters over 70 miles away here in NC
I will try and find a mount like that if I can and let you know what I =
come up with. magnet mounts have their own issues with discoloring the =
paint on the car
73 kb7nla
On Mar 9, 2011, at 9:57 AM, tom behler wrote:
> Michael:
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> Can you give me the information on that N M O mount you describe?
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> Might be a good possibility, although I wonder how well an antenna =
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> so low on the car body would do, especially with the lack of a =
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> ground plane beneath it.
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> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "For blind ham radio operators" <[log in to unmask]>; =
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> behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: splicing coax
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> they make a very very nice nmo mount that secures to the trunk with 4 =
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> screws that do not even drill into the body, the rest of the mount is =
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> covered so it is invisible when removed from the car. also there are =
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> good glass mount antennas, but they only work if you don't have tinted=20=
> glass, and most cars have that unfortunately there is also another =
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> mount that goes behind the license plate where the plate mounts to the =
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> Those are good enough for een a hamstick antenna, or a big colinear 2m=20=
> antennaand leave absolutely no marks on the car whatsoever
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