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2009 Hybrid cars with HF radio and RFI
Does anybody have experience with any of the 2009 Prius or Honda civic hybrid cars with HF installed ?? I hear that at least 2006 Prius' have quite a bit of RF interference that evidently can be cleaned up quite a bit.... BUT, how about the 2009 Prius OR 2009 Honda Civic Hybrids. And, any experience on HF antenna mounting on the Honda hybrid ?? boB , K7IQ |
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2009 Hybrid cars with HF radio and RFI
On Feb 21, 3:10*am, boB boB@ wrote:
Does anybody have experience with any of the 2009 *Prius or Honda civic hybrid cars with HF installed ?? * *I hear that at least 2006 Prius' have quite a bit of RF interference that evidently can be cleaned up quite a bit.... *BUT, how about the 2009 Prius OR 2009 Honda Civic Hybrids. And, any experience on HF antenna mounting on the Honda hybrid ?? boB , K7IQ Have no ideas about the noise. I'm running a Corolla. But from an antenna mounting issue, any of these small cars are a real pain when it comes to mounting a "good" HF antenna. Any antenna of weight will need a strong mount, and the sheet metal on these cars is pretty thin. So you either have to rig up some kind of below body mount, like a hitch mount or whatever, or use a lighter antenna on a body or trunk mount. IE: ham sticks, or other fairly light antennas. Some use the roof magnet mounts, but I'm paranoid of messing the paint up, or creasing the metal when I try to yank one off. I could use a trunk lip mount with a light antenna. Might be my best option.. The last Honda Accord I had, I cut a hole in the trunk for a mount. But I had to reinforce the whole bottom of the trunk lid for it to be strong enough to handle my antenna. I used thin steel plates, and a large steel circle plate at the base of the antenna. But.. I just can't bring myself to do that to my present car, which has not a single dent in it.. :/ It's still like new basically, and I just haven't been able to get myself to drill holes. I know on the Accord, even with the reinforcement, it eventually slightly warped the trunk metal. Not real bad, but noticeable. And I don't want to take that chance with this car. So far I've been going radio less.. I just take my radio with me and use it portable when I get where I'm going. If I try a mount, it will probably be a trunk lip mount if I can be fairly sure it won't damage the trunk. And I'll probably stick to pretty light antennas. BTW, I hate bumper and hitch mounts cuz the antenna base is too low to the ground, and the ground losses are excessive vs a body mount. I still have two trucks, both with good antenna mounts, but I don't drive them as much as I used to. They guzzle gas vs the car. |
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