I have the worst luck with my antennas. My travel history is dotted with misadventures of all sorts of issues. Compounding this problem is my lack of skills to maintain my equipment. I cannot solder.
So, I pay for PL-259 installations on almost every trip, it seems.
I stopped buying my favorite antenna, the K40 for two reasons: a) if you hit a tree limb or over hanging object, it can crack the area at the bottom near the metal and make if very loose, hex nut does not tighten well; b) the problems with the magnetic mount scratching the paint.
Since I will only use magnetic mounts, I found the one of my dreams, the Tram 3500. It has a rubber boot on the bottom of the large magnet.
I am very careful when I get near awnings. I never let the antenna go forward very far for fear of it getting caught and pulling it off.
I don't know how, but the stinger must have been pushed up into a hole. When I backed out, the antenna fell on my hood with the coax looking the tail of a horse, right before my eyes. I could not believe it. It ripped it off where the cable went into the base. The 90 degree bend in the top supports this. I was not going fast, at all.
Laughing in Texas.
So, I pay for PL-259 installations on almost every trip, it seems.
I stopped buying my favorite antenna, the K40 for two reasons: a) if you hit a tree limb or over hanging object, it can crack the area at the bottom near the metal and make if very loose, hex nut does not tighten well; b) the problems with the magnetic mount scratching the paint.
Since I will only use magnetic mounts, I found the one of my dreams, the Tram 3500. It has a rubber boot on the bottom of the large magnet.
I am very careful when I get near awnings. I never let the antenna go forward very far for fear of it getting caught and pulling it off.
I don't know how, but the stinger must have been pushed up into a hole. When I backed out, the antenna fell on my hood with the coax looking the tail of a horse, right before my eyes. I could not believe it. It ripped it off where the cable went into the base. The 90 degree bend in the top supports this. I was not going fast, at all.
Laughing in Texas.