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    For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

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NO! Worst thing ever! I know the adapter of which you speak, they corrode and rot, and that's if you last long enough without the antenna mount pulling apart from the strain. If you have an NMO mount in place, use an NMO antenna. Those 3/4 NMO to 3/8"x24 thread adapters are the worst idea to ever exist in radio. Yes, worse than magnet mounts.

If it's a 3/4"OD hole saw, rated for metal, it will work fine.
 
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Well I was gonna get the all metal, low-profile adapter. The hole saw is the one from ace hardware store and it said it was for metal.
 
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Adapters are awful. I've never quite understood the thought of installing a mount, then placing an antenna that was never made to go onto it, through an adapter. It's your truck and your install, I'm just telling you that you will have excess strain on the mount (NMO mounts do shear off under enough strain, by design), and likely won't have good matches. If you do this on a rooftop NMO, rather than the fender, be prepared for the day when the mount stretches under strain enough and opens a path for water to your interior.

Why not just use the antenna designed for the mount?

Also, I believe the remote kit for the MCS2000 Model I fits the GTX. Remote mount kit, and that head can go damn near anywhere in the truck.
 
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