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Gary wrote:

I'm giving serious thought to buying a new vehicle and you know it's bad
when your first thought is not the mileage or seating capacity, but
where to plumb the radio!

Bad? No... I'd say it's entirely natural grin

Does anyone manufacture an adjustable bracket
that will fit into or around the luggage rack frames?

Diamond makes several which might meet your needs. The K515SNMO is an
adjustable (2-axis) mount with a "universal luggage carrier" bracket.
They even make a motorized luggage-rack-mount base (K9000LRM) which
you can lower electrically from inside the vehicle.

http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/Produ...og/mounts.html to see
photos; the mounts themselves are available through the usual online
and storefront ham-radio dealerships.

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