I second the motion for mounting on the hood. When not wanting to
drill a hole my new vehicle and also not wanting a mag mount I used a
Diamond K-400 mount with a Larsen 2M/440 antenna (half wave) and have
found it to be suitable. With luck, there's already a hole in the
firewall to pass the coax through. If only using an HT I wouldn't
worry about RF exposure.


A Tip for routing cable or DC wiring through the firewall. Most new
vehicles have the large electrical cable bundle coming through the
firewall with a large rubber grommet holding them. There is usually space
enough between the edge of the firewall hole and the cable bundle to punch
or cut a hole in this thin grommet to push the additional wires through.
CAUTION! Be very carefull you don't slip and damage any of the wires in
the cable bundle.

Ed WB6SAT



Ed