I downloaded the manual for our car and it's funny, it says any 2-way radio
equipment is recommended that you locate the antenna outside the car on the
roof where it isn't likely to be close to the vehicle's computers. I guess
ford and mercury have similar wording to that according to a friend of mine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Mobile Antenna Mount Options
> no transmitters eh?
> So you've never used your cell phone, or for that matter, even carried
> your
> cell phone in the car?
> Modern cell phones transmit quite often to contact the network.....it's
> still a transmitter regardless of how we use the thing.
>
> Like i said, I have two ham friends who have had 4 priasses between them
> and
> have always had dual banders in their cars without a single problem.
> Maybe if you had an HT and stuck the antenna right up to one of the main
> operating computers it might make it go funky for a second or two...but
> again, you'd have to have the antenna right on top of the thing and all
> that
> stuff is hidden away and shielded.
> It's kind of like saying you only use solid rubber tires because your
> afraid
> of a blow out causing an accident going down the road at 70.
> shrug
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Mobile Antenna Mount Options
>
>
>> Thanks, Michael,
>> The owner's manual says NO transmitters in the Prius, so I have just
>> assumed
>> that to be true.
>> I would sure hate to confuse the computers going down the road at 70
>> miles
>> per hour!
>> Thanks, however, for sharing your observations.
>> Best 73,
>> Lowell W8qiy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 3:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: Mobile Antenna Mount Options
>>
>>
>>> you can still have ham rigs in your new car without a problem, who told
>>> =
>>> you that you could not do it? my friend in the radio club runs a dual =
>>> band mobile at full power, and also aprs from his, with no problems, and
>>> =
>>> runs it all from the cigarette lighter to boot. no noise eno issues at =
>>> all. the computers in the car are designed to tolerate quite a bit of =
>>> rf, and having ridden in his car the radio is crystal clear weather on =
>>> the mobile or with my ht
>>> On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:17 PM, Lowell Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>> Well I know exactly what you are dealing with.
>>>> I used a trunk mount on a Grand Prix for several years with very
>>>> good=20=
>>>
>>>> success!
>>>> That's the way I would go if I were you.
>>>> The placement of the antenna on the side of the trunk lid will keep it
>>>> =
>>> from=20
>>>> hitting the top of the car.
>>>> We now have a Toyota Prius which does not allow a ham rig at all =
>>> because of=20
>>>> all the computers: bummer!
>>>> But I must say, we sure to like the 50 plus miles to the gallon; I =
>>> guess I=20
>>>> can't have everything.
>>>> 73
>>>> Lowell W8QIY
>>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>>> 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
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>> Hi, all.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I need to tap into the wisdom of the group here concerning mobile =
>>> antenna
>>>>> mounts.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 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=20=
>>>
>>>>> family
>>>>> vehicles. I bought this particular magmount about 2 years ago,
>>>>> to=20=
>>>
>>>>> replace
>>>>> one that had been failing or at least questionable for quite some =
>>> time.=20
>>>>> We
>>>>> put the magmount in the center of the roof of the car, and try to =
>>> thread=20
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 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=20
>>>>> 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=20
>>>>> feed
>>>>> line becoming very brittle and actually splitting.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 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=20=
>>>
>>>>> antenna
>>>>> on a trunk mount would work very well anyway, since it is so much =
>>> lower=20
>>>>> than
>>>>> the roof of the vehicle.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Has anyone had experience with trunk mounts?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 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
>>>>>=20
>>>>> ?Is there a better-quality magmount out there that has stronger feed
>>>>> =
>>> line
>>>>> that might not be as susceptible to breaking or splitting?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Obviously, I've got lots of questions here, so any help would be
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>>=20
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