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How do I power my radio in a vehicle mobile install?
While many transceivers and scanners can be powered by a cigarette lighter adapter, you typically want to run at most one transceiver in this way, and should make absolutely certain that you know wher …
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Buddipole model comparison
All of the buddipoles appear to be electrically the same antenna. The mini takes the two longest parts and puts a joint in the middle, so instead of having two 22" parts, you have four 11" parts, so i …
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75 watts and a mag mount antenna
It's hard to make guesses about this sort of thing because there are too many different factors. The mag mount antenna certainly is better than your FT60 antenna, and the 75 watts is certainly better …
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Has a vehicle magnetic antenna mount ever caused a road accident?
They can absolutely come off. Here is a forum thread with numerous posters reporting antennas falling off from the wind of passing a semi - it's a storm chaser forum, but the storms weren't even menti …
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How to improve VHF/UHF Baofeng UV-82 HT reception in vehicle
Mag mounts really aren't all they're cracked up to be. You'll see some improvement just because the antenna is outside of the car, but a through-roof mount gives you a good ground connection and no ri …