any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:04:26 -0600, tom wrote:

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?

would prefer not cutting the car. on my old honda CRV i had a piece of
angled aluminim i bolted to the spare tire mount. the element is
protrusion free, unfortunately, so there's nothing to hang anything on


tom
K0TAR

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

Don't know your car, but does it have a hitch?, if it does you can make a
mount & bolt it to the hitch or where the hitch is bolted...Go to some of
the screwdriver dealers like High Sierra & look at all the mounts on many
vehicles to give you an idea...Howard K0ACF
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On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:52:35 -0600, joe wrote:

bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much

My older Element had plastic covers over the mounts for the roof rack.
Perhaps you can mount the antenna to the same brackets.

this one doesnt have a roof rack, unfortunately.

they thought of eveything!

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:52:35 -0600, joe wrote:

bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much
My older Element had plastic covers over the mounts for the roof rack.
Perhaps you can mount the antenna to the same brackets.

this one doesnt have a roof rack, unfortunately.

they thought of eveything!

I think you missed my point. Look at page 2.
https://estore.honda.com/ext_html/pd...stallation.pdf

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:11:42 -0600, "Howard K0ACF"
wrote:

Don't know your car, but does it have a hitch?, if it does you can make a
mount & bolt it to the hitch or where the hitch is bolted...Go to some of
the screwdriver dealers like High Sierra & look at all the mounts on many
vehicles to give you an idea...Howard K0ACF

hi howard and thanks...no, i checked that. the element is barren of
any attachment points...very well thought out!

i used to have a screwdriver. liked it but it was a BITCH to ground
and it wouldnt work right without a great ground...

but looking at the mounts for the high sierra may give me some
ideas....

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:21:42 -0600, joe wrote:

bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:52:35 -0600, joe wrote:

bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much
My older Element had plastic covers over the mounts for the roof rack.
Perhaps you can mount the antenna to the same brackets.

this one doesnt have a roof rack, unfortunately.

they thought of eveything!

I think you missed my point. Look at page 2.
https://estore.honda.com/ext_html/pd...stallation.pdf

thanks, joe! that's a possibility and it would get the whip above roof
level.

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

"bpuharic" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:11:42 -0600, "Howard K0ACF"
wrote:

Don't know your car, but does it have a hitch?, if it does you can make a
mount & bolt it to the hitch or where the hitch is bolted...Go to some of
the screwdriver dealers like High Sierra & look at all the mounts on many
vehicles to give you an idea...Howard K0ACF

hi howard and thanks...no, i checked that. the element is barren of
any attachment points...very well thought out!

Some years back, I went to a welding shop and asked them to weld a steel
strap to the car for an antenna mount. They found a spot on the left rear
where the strap would stick out and hold a mobile antenna. The shop rounded
the edges on the part of the strap sticking out, and drilled a hole in the
strap for the insulated whip connector. It worked out great.
--Wayne W5GIE

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:05:27 -0800, "Wayne"
wrote:


"bpuharic" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:11:42 -0600, "Howard K0ACF"
wrote:

Don't know your car, but does it have a hitch?, if it does you can make a
mount & bolt it to the hitch or where the hitch is bolted...Go to some of
the screwdriver dealers like High Sierra & look at all the mounts on many
vehicles to give you an idea...Howard K0ACF

hi howard and thanks...no, i checked that. the element is barren of
any attachment points...very well thought out!

Some years back, I went to a welding shop and asked them to weld a steel
strap to the car for an antenna mount. They found a spot on the left rear
where the strap would stick out and hold a mobile antenna. The shop rounded
the edges on the part of the strap sticking out, and drilled a hole in the
strap for the insulated whip connector. It worked out great.
--Wayne W5GIE


i've been giving that some thought. may talk to my mechanic to see if
he can recommend a spot...

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Jan 7, 10:07*pm, bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much

I drilled a hole in the ceneter of the roof of my wifes Nissan. Two
years later traded it in. I removed the antenna mount and plugged it
with a snap in rubber plug. No effect on resale value.


Jimmie

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:48:17 -0800 (PST), JIMMIE
wrote:

On Jan 7, 10:07*pm, bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much

I drilled a hole in the ceneter of the roof of my wifes Nissan. Two
years later traded it in. I removed the antenna mount and plugged it
with a snap in rubber plug. No effect on resale value.


Jimmie

i've read about that...any problems with hitting stuff with the
antenna?

any way to put a mobile antenna on an element
 

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:43:18 -0500, bpuharic rearranged some electrons to
say:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:48:17 -0800 (PST), JIMMIE
wrote:

On Jan 7, 10:07Â*pm, bpuharic wrote:
Just got a honda element...any way to put a whip on it w/o cutting it?
thanks much

I drilled a hole in the ceneter of the roof of my wifes Nissan. Two
years later traded it in. I removed the antenna mount and plugged it
with a snap in rubber plug. No effect on resale value.


Jimmie

i've read about that...any problems with hitting stuff with the antenna?

Uhhh... not if you remember it's there.