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Old January 16th 11, 02:04 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default any way to put a mobile antenna on an element

On 1/15/2011 6:39 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:21:47 -0600, wrote:

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
K0TAR



sorry...my mistake. this is an HF whip antenna


Please clarify then - do you want to avoid cutting the whip, or the car?

tom
K0TAR