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Old 06-01-2009, 07:33 AM
jim202 jim202 is offline
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I guess the big question is just why would you want to do this? There has been a requirement
over the years to come up with some sort of covert or unseen antennas. These generally do
not perform very well and have poor range.

If your looking to just do this for no real reason, then have at it. If your looking to maintain
good communications and just don't like antennas sprouting from the roof of the vehicle,
that is a whole different prospective.

You will probably do better in obtaining suggestions, if you provided just a little more of a
hint on how you intend to use the antenna and what kind or range your expecting to obtain.

Jim



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Originally Posted by jparks29 View Post
Looking at going low profile, only way I can think of doing that is with a wire dipole mounted behind the bumper...

Two problems I'm thinking of...

Vertical Vs. Horizontal polarization, easy 3-6db loss.... Reflection from metal bumper, which would be within about 2 inches from the antenna itself....

Looking @ vhf/uhf @ 110 watts...

Suggestions?
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