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2025 Hyundai Santa Fe UHF Install issues

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Probably a 5900, almost nothing is below 450 around here now, but there is an exponential increase in 800.

There ya' go. Two NMO mounts on either side, at least 6" in from the back/sides will give you plenty of ground plane for UHF and higher. You can probably put them in 12 inches and still have enough separation from the factory antenna.

Use some good looking antennas, like EM Wave, and it'll look nice on top of that vehicle. They have pretty thin whips, so they'll pretty much disappear unless someone is looking directly at them. I'm running a VHF 1/4 wave EM Wave antenna on top of my wife's truck, and it's virtually invisible.
 

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Use some good looking antennas, like EM Wave, and it'll look nice on top of that vehicle. They have pretty thin whips, so they'll pretty much disappear unless someone is looking directly at them. I'm running a VHF 1/4 wave EM Wave antenna on top of my wife's truck, and it's virtually invisible.
EMWave is now my go to for 1/4 antennas. They look good, and they are high quality.

I've been using the VHF 'wide band' 1/4 wave for a few years now, and I'm really happy with it.
 
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