Timeline for Hatch Mount Antenna Selection - Dual Band 2m/70cm
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| Oct 23, 2020 at 19:00 | vote | accept | William | ||
| Oct 23, 2020 at 16:15 | comment | added | Duston | There are two radios, the main one is an Icom IC-208H a Bendix-King EPH handheld. The main unit of the Icom and the amplifier for the BK are mounted to a strip of aluminum bar which fits over exposed bolt ends under the front passenger seat. The BK and the TinyTrak are just sitting on the floor. The remote cable for the 208H front panel goes under the carpet and up through the center arm rest (along with the power from the battery) up around and behind the storage cubby just in front of the gear shift. The coax is routed under the carpet and under the back seat to the back of the car. | |
| Oct 23, 2020 at 5:35 | answer | added | hobbs - KC2G | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 22:36 | history | edited | William | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added note about SWR
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| Oct 22, 2020 at 20:28 | comment | added | William | @Duston - I just got done installing the lip mount a half-dozen times and ended up in basically the same spot. I brought the cable forward by shoving it in various cracks around the seat, but the 5/8-wave antenna I have on there now has an SWR of 1.3 at 146MHz. I'd love to know (and maybe even get pictures of?) where you put the radio, the radio's controls, and how you brought power to it. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 14:13 | comment | added | Duston | I have a lip mount base on my Crosstrek. I wanted to mount it on the top center of the hatch, but the antenna gets in the way. I wound up putting it part way down the side of the hatch. Definitely a compromise, but the only way I could do it. And even there if I open the hatch while parked under the open garage door, I have to push the whip out of the way so it doesn't get stuck in the cracks. The moral of the story: Many times physical restrictions outweigh RF performance. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 2:01 | history | asked | William | CC BY-SA 4.0 |