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Old August 31st 05, 05:22 AM
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Default Dual Band "on glass" antennas, good or bad?

What do youse guise think of on glass dualband 2/440 antennas? I have never
used one but are now considering it as an option rather than drilling a hole
in the roof of my new Chev Silverado. An on glass antenna would also be much
easier to route the coax with rather than needing to remove the headliner.
Anyone out there that was impressed or particularly dissappointed by on
glass antenna performance? Any issues with mounting on a window that has the
defog element in it? Thanks, Mike K7MH.


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Old August 31st 05, 06:04 AM
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:22:53 GMT, "Michael Herron"
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What do youse guise think of on glass dualband 2/440 antennas? I have never
used one but are now considering it as an option rather than drilling a hole
in the roof of my new Chev Silverado. An on glass antenna would also be much
easier to route the coax with rather than needing to remove the headliner.
Anyone out there that was impressed or particularly dissappointed by on
glass antenna performance? Any issues with mounting on a window that has the
defog element in it? Thanks, Mike K7MH.


Used a Larsen 2 meter glass mount and was happy with the performance,
no experience with a dual band though. As to mounting it on the defog
element - bad idea.

Howard
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Old August 31st 05, 01:16 PM
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Larsen 2/440 works great! For fringe area I find the Larsen a little
weak but 100% serviceable.

Michael Herron wrote:

What do youse guise think of on glass dualband 2/440 antennas? I have never
used one but are now considering it as an option rather than drilling a hole
in the roof of my new Chev Silverado. An on glass antenna would also be much
easier to route the coax with rather than needing to remove the headliner.
Anyone out there that was impressed or particularly dissappointed by on
glass antenna performance? Any issues with mounting on a window that has the
defog element in it? Thanks, Mike K7MH.



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Old August 31st 05, 09:56 PM
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What do youse guise think of on glass dualband 2/440 antennas? I have

never
used one but are now considering it as an option rather than drilling a

hole
in the roof of my new Chev Silverado. An on glass antenna would also be

much
easier to route the coax with rather than needing to remove the headliner.
Anyone out there that was impressed or particularly dissappointed by on
glass antenna performance? Any issues with mounting on a window that has

the
defog element in it? Thanks, Mike K7MH.




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Old September 1st 05, 02:14 AM
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I have an on glass on my truck and it works well. I have used them for a few
years.
If your using FM Repeaters, they do just fine.

Steve

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"Michael Herron" wrote in message
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What do youse guise think of on glass dualband 2/440 antennas? I have

never
used one but are now considering it as an option rather than drilling a

hole
in the roof of my new Chev Silverado. An on glass antenna would also be

much
easier to route the coax with rather than needing to remove the
headliner.
Anyone out there that was impressed or particularly dissappointed by on
glass antenna performance? Any issues with mounting on a window that has

the
defog element in it? Thanks, Mike K7MH.








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Old September 1st 05, 04:31 AM
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Use a mag-mount. Route the coax out the bottom of the side window.
You don't have to drill. A piece of saran wrap protects the paint.
A friend I know used a stick-on-the-glass antenna to make the xyl happy.
He had trouble with the swr swinging all over the place.
I forget the brand he used.


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What do youse guise think of on glass dualband 2/440 antennas? I have

never
used one but are now considering it as an option rather than drilling a

hole
in the roof of my new Chev Silverado. An on glass antenna would also be

much
easier to route the coax with rather than needing to remove the headliner.
Anyone out there that was impressed or particularly dissappointed by on
glass antenna performance? Any issues with mounting on a window that has

the
defog element in it? Thanks, Mike K7MH.




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