I recently installed a RS glass mount antenna on my '96 dodge
Intrepid. The area I chose was near the bottom of the rear window.

I get terrible feedback into my car radio. It is either coming in via
the speaker or the cars antenna.

Any way to eliminate interference without removing antenna or if I
have to remove it will any of the reinstall kits work with the R/S
model?

I was looking at the double-sided tape and that seems to me that it
might work ok?

Keith, N3HGN

I recently installed a RS glass mount antenna on my '96 dodge
Intrepid. The area I chose was near the bottom of the rear window.

First problem. Higher, higher, higher! I have one for APRS, it is installed
as high as it can go on the side glass of the vehicle. It is also as far away
from the car radio antenna as is possible. Antenna is thus in the clear to
minimise interference.

The ONLY reason I used it is due to the dualband VHF/UHF on one side of the
rear hatch, and the screwdriver on the other side (ran out of mount space!).
The glass mount is a compromise antenna with lower efficiencies than a standard
1/4 or 5/8 wave deck mount.

That said, get a reinstall kit and mount it up as high as you can on the glass.
It WILL work, just not that great.

A

I installed a glass mount for day to day since the terrain is flat and
repeater coverage drops off so efficiency is not an issue. I also
wanted to get the car in a nd out of the garage and the antenna is a
dual band antenna.

For better performance, I used a half wave.

Still getting the thing off of the glass and moving it is the current
concern.

Keith

dual band antenna.

For better performance, I used a half wave.

Still getting the thing off of the glass and moving it is the current
concern.

( if you'll pardon the pun - ho ho ho )


Keith

removing a glass mount antenna is easy
razor blade
it's drilling a hole in the roof of your car that's hard

I did it, and I'm proud to admit it
think of it as marrying the vehicle, unless you sell it to another ham
at 90,000 miles my Durango sports a 200 watt Kenwood (NO TUNER!!)
and still has the original brakes (I don't stop much)

plus a Kenwood 742 on 144, 222 and 440
with a Comet tri-bander amid the roof, a Tarheel and 103" whip on the right
hip for low HF
(with a toroidal transformer that gives 50 ohms resistive on 20, baby)
and a Hi-Q that tops at 6 meters on the left hip
I also have a humongous Hi-Q for 160-80 when needed
what fun
73
H.
NQ5H


"nick smith" wrote in message
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dual band antenna.

For better performance, I used a half wave.

Still getting the thing off of the glass and moving it is the current
concern.

( if you'll pardon the pun - ho ho ho )


Keith

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:21:34 -0500, "H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H"
wrote:

removing a glass mount antenna is easy
razor blade
it's drilling a hole in the roof of your car that's hard

I did it, and I'm proud to admit it
think of it as marrying the vehicle, unless you sell it to another ham
at 90,000 miles my Durango sports a 200 watt Kenwood (NO TUNER!!)
and still has the original brakes (I don't stop much)

Some use the NMO mount through a drilled hole.

This allows an easy switch to a cell antenna, and you turn a negative
(ham antenna installed through a hole) into a positive (cell phone
ready).

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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How about if you turn the car radio off. You ought to have the car radio off
when transmitting, anyway.

"Keith Bozek" wrote in message
om...
I recently installed a RS glass mount antenna on my '96 dodge
Intrepid. The area I chose was near the bottom of the rear window.

I get terrible feedback into my car radio. It is either coming in via
the speaker or the cars antenna.

Any way to eliminate interference without removing antenna or if I
have to remove it will any of the reinstall kits work with the R/S
model?

I was looking at the double-sided tape and that seems to me that it
might work ok?

Keith, N3HGN


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