Got a new used truck.
Havent even made the first payment on it yet, and it already has a NMO in the roof, a fender mount bracket in the front, and a 3rd brake light mount NMO coming by tuesday (i already installed it once, but the threads werent tapped right so it got overnighted back to the manufacturer to be fixed)
Since i expect to do much less field work this year (even though we're burning nearly a million acres in-state), the p25 apx mobile in my garage which has been waiting for YEARS for me to get a new truck, will probably stay in the box, and i'll work off one or two portables like i've been doing, i dont expect to need a second antenna on the roof.
Instead, i've trying to decide what scanner is going in, most likely going with a Homepatrol 2 rather then an SDS200, for ease of install AND removal.
Fender mount has a larsen 27mhz antenna for a CB thats tucked under the console... i travel so much for my other job, that its useful on the highway and easily stowed when i'm not on the road.
NMO is a little flexible EM wave stub that covers 698-960/1710-2500 MHz for the cell booster. Got the weboost reach model as a refurbished deal, but the mag mount run thru the weather strip annoyed me after 2 days so i grabbed my drill and hole saw.
When the 3rd brake light mount gets back here, its likely going to be used as the scanner antenna, theres not enough of a ground plane there for anything else useful to me.
Pics in the next post.
Havent even made the first payment on it yet, and it already has a NMO in the roof, a fender mount bracket in the front, and a 3rd brake light mount NMO coming by tuesday (i already installed it once, but the threads werent tapped right so it got overnighted back to the manufacturer to be fixed)
Since i expect to do much less field work this year (even though we're burning nearly a million acres in-state), the p25 apx mobile in my garage which has been waiting for YEARS for me to get a new truck, will probably stay in the box, and i'll work off one or two portables like i've been doing, i dont expect to need a second antenna on the roof.
Instead, i've trying to decide what scanner is going in, most likely going with a Homepatrol 2 rather then an SDS200, for ease of install AND removal.
Fender mount has a larsen 27mhz antenna for a CB thats tucked under the console... i travel so much for my other job, that its useful on the highway and easily stowed when i'm not on the road.
NMO is a little flexible EM wave stub that covers 698-960/1710-2500 MHz for the cell booster. Got the weboost reach model as a refurbished deal, but the mag mount run thru the weather strip annoyed me after 2 days so i grabbed my drill and hole saw.
When the 3rd brake light mount gets back here, its likely going to be used as the scanner antenna, theres not enough of a ground plane there for anything else useful to me.
Pics in the next post.
