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Old April 5th 04, 09:04 PM
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Jim,

Think about the front windshield behind the rear view mirror. That is
where I ran one on a Z-28 and Corvette and it worked great.

Dick - AA5VU

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I have a 2000 model year Ford Taurus wagon, and am thinking about mounting a
through-glass antenna on one of the back side windows. Yes, I know---a roof
mount would work better, but I would have to get a hole punch and a divorce
lawyer to do it ;-)

Does anyone have any practical experience with this set up? Does the window
tinting cause any problems on 146 MHz or 440 MHz? There is a completely
dark (opaque) band around the edge of the window. Should this be avoided?

I have seen Taurus wagons with cell phone antennas on the back side windows,
and was wondering how it worked on the ham bands.

Jim
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Old April 6th 04, 03:13 PM
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Dick,

I think the reason that is a safe place is that the auto manufacturers
know that drivers like to mount radar detectors there, and that requires
an RF-transparent section of glass.

73,
Bob AD3K

Dick, AA5VU wrote:
Jim,

Think about the front windshield behind the rear view mirror. That is
where I ran one on a Z-28 and Corvette and it worked great.

Dick - AA5VU

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"JLB" wrote:


I have a 2000 model year Ford Taurus wagon, and am thinking about mounting a
through-glass antenna on one of the back side windows. Yes, I know---a roof
mount would work better, but I would have to get a hole punch and a divorce
lawyer to do it ;-)

Does anyone have any practical experience with this set up? Does the window
tinting cause any problems on 146 MHz or 440 MHz? There is a completely
dark (opaque) band around the edge of the window. Should this be avoided?

I have seen Taurus wagons with cell phone antennas on the back side windows,
and was wondering how it worked on the ham bands.

Jim
N8EE


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Old April 6th 04, 04:52 PM
Dick, AA5VU
 
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Bob, AD3K, made a good point that I overlooked. I had very good success
with the thru-the-glass behind the rear view mirror. It even cleared the
garage door.

I drive a C5 Corvette now and could not figure out where to mount the
dual-bander so it is mounted on a bean bag lap top desk and ride in the
passenger seat or on the hump when someone is onboard. The antenna is a
small dual-band mag mount on a thin steel plate in the hatch area. It
works!

dick aa5vu

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Robert Spooner wrote:

Dick,

I think the reason that is a safe place is that the auto manufacturers
know that drivers like to mount radar detectors there, and that requires
an RF-transparent section of glass.

73,
Bob AD3K

Dick, AA5VU wrote:
Jim,

Think about the front windshield behind the rear view mirror. That is
where I ran one on a Z-28 and Corvette and it worked great.

Dick - AA5VU

In article ,
"JLB" wrote:


I have a 2000 model year Ford Taurus wagon, and am thinking about mounting a
through-glass antenna on one of the back side windows. Yes, I know---a roof
mount would work better, but I would have to get a hole punch and a divorce
lawyer to do it ;-)

Does anyone have any practical experience with this set up? Does the window
tinting cause any problems on 146 MHz or 440 MHz? There is a completely
dark (opaque) band around the edge of the window. Should this be avoided?

I have seen Taurus wagons with cell phone antennas on the back side windows,
and was wondering how it worked on the ham bands.

Jim
N8EE

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