That's one of those hybrids everyone hates to get anywhere near on the 
highway because they're so slow and that when the battery dies it costs 
about as much as a compact car to replace at close to 10,000. I don't know 
if I'd be quick to put a radio in one of those but then we wouldn't have one 
either.
----- 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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