Mobile Antenna Help

[SoccerDad]

I need some advice. I have a Pro-95 that I use both at home and in the vehicle. I would like to get a separate antenna for my vehicle, but I currently lease my SUV, so no holes are allowed. Does anyone have any advice on what options I may have over the stock rubber duckie antenna?

Thanks for the help

 

[Al42]

I use the Radio Shack 20-032 mag-mount. I'm not thrilled with having to put it on and take it off all the time, but it works pretty well.

You might also try the 20-011 "on-glass" antenna. I've never used that one, but I use a few different on-glass antennas for two-way work and they work pretty well also.

Neither one will do all that a good through-the-roof mounted antenna will, but everything is a compromise.

 

[merlin-7]

I use a 2Meter mag mount on my pro 95, I had one laying around and tryed it. It works well from the aircraft bands all the way up to 800mhz in my area.

 

[Dubbin]

I use the Radio Shack 20-032 mag-mount. I'm not thrilled with having to put it on and take it off all the time, but it works pretty well.

I never had much luck with it staying on going down the highway.

On the holes in a leased vehicle, I knew a guy that had a sunroof put in a car that he was leasing :shock: What a moron :lol:

 

[Al42]

I use the Radio Shack 20-032 mag-mount. I'm not thrilled with having to put it on and take it off all the time, but it works pretty well.

I never had much luck with it staying on going down the highway.

I just got back from a trip of a few hundred miles (Long Island to just south of DC) on interstates all the way, and my wife doesn't like to drive slowly. The antenna stayed on the roof all the way.

On the holes in a leased vehicle, I knew a guy that had a sunroof put in a car that he was leasing :shock: What a moron :lol:

Why? I have a Honda Civic with a moon roof that I originally leased. I don't know whether you're objecting to the hole or the money. If the hole, the leasing company doesn't care - a dealer-installed moon- or sun-roof adds to the value of the car. If the money, should all leased cars be stripped?

 

[doctordave]

www.tessco.com carries a trunk-lip mount antenna by Sti-Co....it's a 23" whip, black and rather discreet looking & is made of a material that will not break/deform if you go through a parking garage and bang the antenna on overhead beams. Perfect for an SUV. I use one for multi-band coverage and love it.

 

[kb2vxa]

glass mount antenna

Hi guys,

My fellow hams' experienced great difficulty finding the sweet spot when installing glass mount antennas and they never worked well when they did. We have equipment for tuning antennas (impossible to do with a receiver) so bottom line for the scanner is forget about that sort of antenna altogether.

 

[Al42]

Re: glass mount antenna

My fellow hams' experienced great difficulty finding the sweet spot when installing glass mount antennas and they never worked well when they did.

If they want to travel to Long Island I'll teach them how to do it correctly. (My Larsen on-glass 2/440 has been on my car since 1995, it works very nicely and I only had to put it on once - no "finding the sweet spot".)

Of course having done hundreds of mobile installations over the years helps.