katt02
Katt
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2018
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- 178
Hi all,
I am looking into putting a mobile rig in my car. I have a Hyundai with a hatchback which makes antenna mounting difficult. I wanted to do an nmo lip mount, however that will not work on a hatchback: I do not want to drill holes in the car, and I am not a fan of the bulkiness and...not so sturdiness... of magnet mounts. Anyways, what would happen if I were to put a 2 meter quarter wave antenna inside the hatchback trunk? I understand that it would be pretty detrimental towards all signals, but does anyone think would it still work for local communications or for local repeaters? Is there a way to calculate how much signal loss I would get from keeping the antenna inside the car? Finally, would this be a bad idea; i.e would it be bad for anything left near the antenna or people in the backseat?(the rig is only 50 watts so its not too crazy high power).
Thanks,
Katt
I am looking into putting a mobile rig in my car. I have a Hyundai with a hatchback which makes antenna mounting difficult. I wanted to do an nmo lip mount, however that will not work on a hatchback: I do not want to drill holes in the car, and I am not a fan of the bulkiness and...not so sturdiness... of magnet mounts. Anyways, what would happen if I were to put a 2 meter quarter wave antenna inside the hatchback trunk? I understand that it would be pretty detrimental towards all signals, but does anyone think would it still work for local communications or for local repeaters? Is there a way to calculate how much signal loss I would get from keeping the antenna inside the car? Finally, would this be a bad idea; i.e would it be bad for anything left near the antenna or people in the backseat?(the rig is only 50 watts so its not too crazy high power).
Thanks,
Katt