On 1/12/2011 10:28 PM, Sal M. Onella wrote:
On Jan 7, 6:21 pm, 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

I saw a note from a guy who "cooked" part of his window with the thru-
the-glass approach. He said the film sandwiched in the safety glass
darkened from being heated. As I recall, he was using 50 watts.

This stuff is all trade-offs, eh?

Never heard of that before, and I know lots of people who've used them
over the 30+ year period they've been around. Including myself. I'd
like to see pictures. And also know how much power the guy was sending
to an antenna system rated for a specific number of watts.

tom
K0TAR