I use that same antenna on a trunk mount and it works fine. The trunk mount 
clamps to the side of the trunk, no marks I've had it on several cars over 
the years so when you open the trunk, it's at just enough of an angle it 
will miss the back door if you have it forward on the trunk. I have mine as 
far back on the trunk as I can so you can actually open and close the back 
door and miss the antenna though. one car I had it on that wasn't possible 
but still, it angles out just enough so it misses the door. That couple feet 
lower it is from the roof makes no difference from what I can tell having 
tried it both ways, then I have the coax run along the trunk hinge which is 
typical for a ford, a square tube that doesn't get close to anything, from 
there it goes under the back seat and up under the front seat where my 
IC-706 is mounted. The back seat is very easy in about every car I've ever 
worked with to lift up, route a coax through then put it back. It's really 
no big deal and I don't think you'll notice any difference between it on the 
trunk vs the roof.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 3:44 PM
Subject: Mobile Antenna Mount Options


> Hi, all.
>
> I need to tap into the wisdom of the group here concerning mobile antenna
> mounts.
>
> To set the background, the XYL and I have  leased a Subaru Forester for
> about the last 3 years, and I have been using a magnount antenna mount for
> the Diamond 770 dual-band antenna that I have used for years with our 
> family
> vehicles.  I bought this particular  magmount about 2 years ago, to 
> replace
> one that had been failing or at least questionable for quite some time. 
> We
> put the magmount in the center of the roof of the car, and try to thread 
> the
> feedline as carefully as possible into the back door of the vehicle, where
> it then goes to a TMV71A underneath the front drivers seat.
>
> This set-up has actually worked surprisingly well, but I'm now  having a
> problem with the coax feed line to the current magmount.  I have noticed
> several breaks along the feed line, one or two of which could have been
> caused by inadvertently closing the back vehicle door on the coax feed 
> line.
> Again, I had thought we were avoiding this problem, but maybe not.  Also,
> one or two of the breaks seem to be caused by the outside jacket of the 
> feed
> line becoming very brittle and actually splitting.
>
> So, I'm now thinking of other possible ways to mount my mobile antenna.
> Things, of course, are complicated in that we can't drill holes in the
> leased vehicle.
>
> One option I had thought of is a trunk mount, but I'm having trouble
> envisioning how such a mount would work when you open up the trunk for
> storing groceries and other things.  Also, I can't imagine that the 
> antenna
> on a trunk mount would work very well anyway, since it is so much lower 
> than
> the roof of the vehicle.
>
> Has anyone had experience with trunk mounts?
>
> If I stick to a magmount, does anyone have a magical formula for threading
> the feed line from the outside of the vehicle into the car so as to avoid
> problems with it getting caught in the door
>
> ?Is there a better-quality  magmount out there that has stronger feed line
> that might not be as susceptible  to breaking or splitting?
>
> Obviously, I've got lots of questions here, so any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ