the main 200V battery is about 600 bucks for the priass.
I've got two good ham friends who have had 2 models of the priass each, and
they run regular dual band 50W output rigs in them without any sort of
computer issue whatsoever.
Both of them are qualified radio techs and electronic engineers by
trade...that in itself doesn't mean much, but there is no issue with running
VHF and UHF radios in these cars...just as there is no issue with running a
cell phone inside them either.
The replacement batteries are not obscenely expensive for what they are, and
the cars are just as fast and responsive as a typical car of the same size
with a gas only engine in the same vehicle class.
we're talking priass, not an electronic only kind of car here...this is a
hybrid.
So once you exceed a certain RPM, the gas engine kicks in.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: Mobile Antenna Mount Options
> 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
>>>>=20
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