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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 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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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 -- Robert L. Spooner Registered Professional Engineer Associate Research Engineer Intelligent Control Systems Department Applied Research Laboratory Phone: (814) 863-4120 The Pennsylvania State University FAX: (814) 863-7841 P. O. Box 30 State College, PA 16804-0030 |
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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 In article , 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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