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: >=20 > Can you give me the information on that N M O mount you describe? >=20 > Might be a good possibility, although I wonder how well an antenna = mounted=20 > so low on the car body would do, especially with the lack of a = sufficient=20 > ground plane beneath it. >=20 > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ >=20 > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "For blind ham radio operators" <[log in to unmask]>; = "tom=20 > behler" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:52 AM > Subject: Re: splicing coax >=20 >=20 > they make a very very nice nmo mount that secures to the trunk with 4 = set=20 > screws that do not even drill into the body, the rest of the mount is = rubber=20 > covered so it is invisible when removed from the car. also there are = some=20 > 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 = type of=20 > mount that goes behind the license plate where the plate mounts to the = car.=20 > Those are good enough for een a hamstick antenna, or a big colinear 2m=20= > antennaand leave absolutely no marks on the car whatsoever