[TowerTalk] [Fwd: Failed mail]

[Bill Hider, N3RR]

Many mobile radio shops have an instrument that will tell you if the
tinted glass is conductive and whether it will effect an on-the-glass
installation.

As far as vehicle height, THAT's AN ADVANTAGE of the SUV, having your
VHF/UHF antenna high in the clear!!

BTW, just now I double-checked my Ford Expedition, the rear door has a
trunk-lid/lip location to mount a standard trunk-lip mount.  It looks just
like a trunk lid as far as the mount is concerned.  Even though, when
closed, the door is almost vertical (unlike a trunk which is horizontal),
the lip on the top of the door is nearly horizontal like a trunk lid/lip,
when the door is closed.  Hard to describe here, but believe me, a
standard trunk lip mount will work fine on the Expedition.  There's just a
'lil slope on it, like a trunk, and a 'lil bend of the antenna, no more
than you'd do on a trunk, will get it perpendicular with the ground.

Bill, N3RR

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> Hi Barry:
>
> I have had a series of leased vehicles over the past few years.
>
> The one thing I will caution you is that the height of an antenna
> on top of a large SUV will be an obstacle when entering garages,
> driving under trees etc.
>
> My current vehicle, an SUV, has a pair of antenna mounts on it
> for VHF/UHF stuff.  They are the Larsen through-the-glass type,
> which I have found to be superior to the other through glass
> products out there.  The caution you when applying them over
> tinted windows etc., as some sorts of window film are metallic
> and *might* cause a problem with the coupling device.  I haven't
> had any trouble at all.
>
> The other possibility, if you are hooked on the trunk lid type
> of mount is simply to put it on the hood...it might be ugly though :-)
>
> An other option is to drill a hole and mount it on the roof rack of
> the vehicle, with a *short* ground lead to the chassis, usually
> around the rear tailgate.
>
> 73, J.P.




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