Can these somehow work together?

[Ghostnotes]

I made my first mistake, but is there any way, or an adapter that will enable me to use the antenna base with this antenna?

I am not sure if that Nipple will unscrew from the base or not. Not sure if I want to try either, not exactly knowing how the wires are attached to the base.

 

[hill]

No the antenna is NMO and mount is 3/8.

You also don't need a tri magnetic mount to hold this NMO antenna. These heavy duty mounts are made to hold heavy HF antennas.

If you need a NMO Mag Mount it will much lighter and smaller with on a single magnetic.

 

[Ghostnotes]

I found it.
Apparently they make a tri magnetic NMO mount that will work. I had figured it out right after the post and set up a DXE exchange.
So is the 3/8 or NMO more suited for a HF antenna. I would assume the 3/8 since the NMO does not look like it has a lot of thread depth.

 

[hill]

Why do you need a tri mount?

As it's way overkill for this antenna.

Something like in the link below would be a much better choice and the large one has a good chance of damaging your vehicle.

LARSEN ANTENNAS NMOMMRPL Larsen Mobile Antenna Mounts | DX Engineering

Free Shipping - Larsen Mobile Antenna Mounts with qualifying orders of $99. Shop Mobile Antenna Mounts at DX Engineering.

www.dxengineering.com

 

[Ghostnotes]

Why do you need a tri mount?

As it's way overkill for this antenna.

Something like in the link below would be a much better choice and the large one has a good chance of damaging your vehicle.

LARSEN ANTENNAS NMOMMRPL Larsen Mobile Antenna Mounts | DX Engineering

Free Shipping - Larsen Mobile Antenna Mounts with qualifying orders of $99. Shop Mobile Antenna Mounts at DX Engineering.

www.dxengineering.com

Because some magnets are junk and you don't know until you receive it. That and maximum surface area just in case I go off road.Not to mention I have a base for a larger antenna in the future if needed.

 

[FKimble]

Just an FYI, the Larsen antennas are NOT junk.

Frank

 

[K4EET]

Because some magnets are junk and you don't know until you receive it. That and maximum surface area just in case I go off road.Not to mention I have a base for a larger antenna in the future if needed.

Being a past off-road rock crawling enthusiast, I can speak about off-roading and antennas. You seem to be concerned that a single magnet will not hold adequately in an off-road environment so you chose a tri-mag mount configuration.

It is actually the opposite… You want a single magnet which will hold just fine even with a 5/8th-wave antenna. Using a quality mount like shown in Post #4 above, it will hold tight though the bumps and twists encountered while off-roading.

More importantly, if your antenna hits a low lying branch, with a tri-mag mount configuration, the base is not going to budge. What will probably happen is the antenna will break at the loading coil, break at the base, or get bent. Then you have a problem. With a single magnet, the antenna is going to most likely get knocked over, base and all. But the antenna can be easily uprighted and operational again.

Sometimes more is not necessarily better… Trust me on this!

Dave K4EET

 

[AK9R]

Just an FYI, the Larsen antennas are NOT junk.

Nor are their mag-mounts.

 

[AK9R]

For VHF/UHF antennas, NMO mounts are very common. So common that NMO mounts are an industry standard in the Land Mobile Radio markets (commercial and public safety). The NMO mount was designed by Motorola (New Motorola mOunt) decades ago to be more than strong enough to hold VHF/UHF antennas and be water tight when installed properly. The large diameter thread is strong even though it is shallow. You can use antennas and mounts from Larsen, Laird, Maxrad, and EM Wave with confidence that they will be very reliable over the long run.

3/8-24 mounts are very common on HF through 6m antennas. Since Motorola and the other LMR antenna manufacturers have left 3/8-24 far behind them, the quality of available 3/8-24 mounts is not consistent.

If you Google "NMO to 3/8-24 adapter", you will find adapters that you can screw onto an NMO mount so you can use a 3/8-24 antenna. I'm skeptical of the quality of these adapters, so buyer beware.

 

[Ghostnotes]

Just an FYI, the Larsen antennas are NOT junk.

Frank

Who said Larsen antennas are junk, the only reference to junk is when I stated some magnets are junk. Please explain to me where I made mention of any name brand.

 

[AK9R]

Relax.

No, you didn't mention any name brand antennas or magnet mounts.

You did say "Because some magnets are junk and you don't know until you receive it." That paints all magnet mounts as having the potential of being junk. @FKimble and myself pointed out that Larsen antennas and their mag-mounts are generally of good quality which rises above the "junk" you may have been referring to.

 

[FKimble]

A Larsen with a link, was mentioned in the post just before your "some antennas are junk" comment. I just wanted to make sure you were aware that Larsens were not "junk". Just wanted to let you know they are good antennas. Bad thing about forums, sometimes good intentions are either mis-written or mis-read.

Frank

 

[Ghostnotes]

You guys are splitting hairs here.
We are not in a courtroom.
We all know there are similar knockoffs that are junk. I was simply stating the obvious. I have the Larsen antenna and base on the way. However you can find the knockoffs and fakes on Amazon that will fall off at 35mph.

 

[Ghostnotes]

I have every intention of putting nothing but the best together for my rig. Or at the very least the best I can afford for the intended task.

 

[AK9R]

I have the Larsen antenna and base on the way. However you can find the knockoffs and fakes on Amazon that will fall off at 35mph.

So, the problem is solved and we can close this thread.

BTW, Amazon is not an amateur radio store.