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<div style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you Curt<br>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">From:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">Curt Mills via aprssig</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">Sent:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ý9/ý15/ý2015 10:34 AM</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">To:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:david@rushtone.com">David Rush</a>;
<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">TAPR APRS Mailing List</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">Subject:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [aprssig] OT:: Jeep and Radio</span><br>
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<div class="PlainText">My Jeep has a one-piece fiberglass roof. To make sure I could remove<br>
it in the future, I mounted antennas around (but not on) the hood. A<br>
buddy gave me some old mounts he used on his wrangler previously. I<br>
used them as patterns to have four thick stainless steel antenna<br>
mounts made. Each one is a rounded equilateral triangle with three<br>
holes, one for the 3/8" NMO mount, two for mounting bolts. I drilled<br>
holes on the flat part of the Jeep UNDER the side of the hood/ When<br>
the hood closes you don't see the bolts. Two of the mounts (front<br>
two) bend upwards and then horizontal, two (rear ones) downwards and<br>
then horizontal. Under the mounts are a stainless steel bar that the<br>
two bolts thread into.<br>
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Don't know how well they work yet 'cuz I don't have radios mounted,<br>
but that's next. I know the radiation pattern won't be as good as if<br>
they were up high and centered. Should be better than having them on<br>
the rear bumper or on the spare tire mount though. I read several<br>
things on the web that said not to mount them on the spare tire mount<br>
due to poor grounding.<br>
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Nice thing is that it's easy to route coaxes into the cab from the<br>
driver's side, just look for the big cable bundle going through the<br>
firewall and insert them just above it.<br>
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-- <br>
Curt, WE7U<br>
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