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Old January 8th 11, 02:21 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default any way to put a mobile antenna on an element

On 1/7/2011 8:07 PM, bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much


Well there's always thru-the-glass. It's not the most efficient in my
experience (which is limited with respect to these) but it seems to work
well enough if you have a decent repeater system that is the target.
One plus is that you can usually get most of the half wave above the
roofline.

For all around flexibility I still like the simple quarter wave vertical
for 2m FM. Enough high angle for metro downtown use, but that involves
either holes or magnets.

tom
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