How hard is it to mount a through the glass antenna?

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How hard is it to mount a through the glass antenna?

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Жыл бұрын

A little less damaging to the paint than a mag mount... but does it work? Let's get in installed and see how well it works.
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@stephenrichendefer8782 Жыл бұрын

I have been using this very antenna sine the late 90's, first on a S-10 Blazer, and now moved to our present car with the remount kit and it's been working great. Used it for APRS with my TH-D72a on 5 watts from the elbow of Cap Cod and was picked up at the Western end of Long Island.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@ronwolenski-n8wcr Жыл бұрын

My first antenna for mobile was a glass mount. Worked pretty good, I still have it but not using it. One thing about using a level, don't try mounting it in the driveway if the driveway has a grade to it. The antenna will be level in the driveway but it won't be on the street!

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@Dusty_Ham Жыл бұрын

Looks quite nice! Very easy to install as well. Thanks for the video.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@jacknsaav Жыл бұрын

Good job on the install

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul!

@DonzLockz Жыл бұрын

A nice neat install Steve. I had this transducer type antenna but for my old analogue fixed mobile phone in my work van in the 90's when I was young and healthy. Lol

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

You are older and wiser now!

@45auto Жыл бұрын

Ape and Chuck were immediately (and probably mildly) triggered. 😀

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Mildly? Ha!

@t.j.speakman7723 Жыл бұрын

Chuck and Ape are gonna be on fire about this. Personally I think that's why you did it. lol

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

That's exactly why I did it!

@Gallery90 2 ай бұрын

I checked with Larsen and the arrow on the mount can be pointed up or down, as long as the coupler's arrow points the same direction. This is good to know if you want the coax on the coupler to head off in the direction you prefer. Over defroster wires, they advise making sure that where you mount the antenna, make sure that there is an inch or more between the wires. If you are mounting on a lift back (where you see the underside of the mount) you can remove a little of the adhesive along each side in the middle. The you can add a small dot of Sharpie right at the measured mid-point and it will be much easier to get that heater wire right in the middle of the blank space of the mount. SWR is my next challenge, no doubt influenced by the mounting location. Using the out-of-the-box 2/70 antenna, the dips in the SWR were at 443 MHz (1.9) and 138.5 MHz (1.2). I'm probably going to tune a 2m whip first.

@temporarilyoffline 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. Sounds good.

@agoraphobicadam1171 Жыл бұрын

Very good info and definitely some things I wouldn't have thought of when installing a glass antenna. Thanks Steve, KO4HPC 73

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@GarthWG2G Жыл бұрын

That’s funny I just bought one of these a few days ago and installed it on my truck. So far so good.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Good choice Garth!

@GarthWG2G Жыл бұрын

@@temporarilyoffline Thanks. Can’t blame you for this one like the X6100. 🤣

@phillyedhrj Жыл бұрын

Jim should be happy with this.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

He is.

@Thomas-ZET Жыл бұрын

The 146.850 repeater has very good coverage, think I’ll have to pickup one. You must have recorded this yesterday, it’s snowing pretty good in Apple valley

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

It was a LOOOONG time ago! Aaah news cycles

@airheadzradioadventures 11 ай бұрын

How does this do away with the need for groundplane? I've tried 2 magmounts on my Kona, but either something weird with the roof or paint, because I get all kinds of weird clipping in receive while in motion (been told it's not picket fencing). Great when stationary. Works great on Katie's Jetta too, in motion or not...

@temporarilyoffline 11 ай бұрын

It doesn't do away with the ground plane, and some models have a ground plane on the inside attachment point.

@ShooterReadyStandBy Жыл бұрын

Nice mount. One caution is it cannot be mounted on any glass with aftermarket tint. Since it's a film applied to the glass the mount will pull the film off the glass.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Pro tip!

@79bsr Жыл бұрын

I hope the adhesive tape is better than what is used on the Tram antennas. I put one on my wife's car and it didn't last 2 weeks. We lost it 6 hours into the 15 hr trip to Orlando last December. Now we it use a mag mount 2m/70cm antenna.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

It's been on for a few months, snowing today! If it doesn't survive a Wisconsin winter, I'll put out a video. There is no perfect solution though.

@ERICtheLATE Жыл бұрын

These used to freak me out a tad, but now they make window mount bike and kayak racks. Also, not pinching the coax in a door or some panel gap is really a major "pro" of this mobile antenna method.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

I'd probably be freaked out by window mount kayak holders...

@lelandmullennix5125 Жыл бұрын

Does this set up work for a cb radio

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Everything except the antenna could work for you. The antenna in the video is tuned for 144mhz and CB is 27mhz.

@radiotvgod Жыл бұрын

FYI, there was mention here advising against using the antenna on rear windows containing defroster wires. Two thoughts: FIRST, The antenna comes with written instructions on how to install the mount over those wires by aligning the blank area in the mount that covers that area. It was designed purposely to deal with this situation. SECONDLY, note that many of the newer cars have a black "U" space center-top of the window area that provides a nice "safety-island" you can pluck it onto. (That's a technical term). I'm not a genius, I just made a call to Larsen for advice. Lol. ALSO, for best SWR, they advise to vertically offset the two pieces by 1/4" to 1/3" above or below each other so that they don't completely cover each other. No reason given, they just said "DO it" for better SWR results. Hope this helps. -de W6IFR, "Billy jack"

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy!

@radiotvgod Жыл бұрын

@@temporarilyoffline This is troubling… My kit did not come with the instructions that are listed on “what’s in the package“… manual… actually,“Instruction sheet“. Not there. It’s also not showing in the link I posted to buy it from giga parts. A little digging on Google though and I found it. I’ll try to locate the link again if anybody wants it and is unable to locate themselves.

@JonathanKayne Жыл бұрын

Don't know if a bubble level would be of much use because that assumes your car is parked on a level surface. So if you are gonna do that, check how level the ground is too

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Yessir! Good tip!

@dogbird6758 6 ай бұрын

How is it grounded?

@temporarilyoffline 6 ай бұрын

This one is capacitively coupled, but the have better models with (inside the car) counterpoise/ground planes: amzn.to/3vm1tsR ) It would be really easy to add a counterpoise like this to any through glass antenna that doesn't have one.

@TheNoCodeTech Жыл бұрын

Would be nice if the antenna was quick disconnect for car wash. Great video man!

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

I found out later that it actually is. Just unscrew the aerial from the window mount. It has a rubber o-ring to help with keeping it locked on.

@ae4xo Жыл бұрын

I had the larson for a few years. it worked good but it fell apart

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

I'll be doing an update in about 6 months!

@notreallydaedalus Жыл бұрын

My TTG scanner antenna instructions warned that a lot of factory window tints hare metallic, too.

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

I've heard that too!

@AndyAAzeroAM Жыл бұрын

I was slightly disappointed, I was hoping for some glass cutting. J/K :) I do like the mic holder thing too!

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned for my next antenna-in-car vid!

@WX4CB Жыл бұрын

also, dont forget, that there is some tint that also has metal in it

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Very true!

@BigJohnsHamShack 2 ай бұрын

Tape the level to the glass. Then use it to guide the antenna base.

@temporarilyoffline 2 ай бұрын

Smart!

@eriko4493 Жыл бұрын

How is the swr?

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

Finally got a chance to check this. That car did a Christmas trip to see some family. It's 1.5:1 on 2m, but it depends a lot on your car and even where you install it on your car, so keep that in mind if you get/have one.

@davydotcom Жыл бұрын

@@temporarilyoffline great video i have one of these as well and noticed a higher swr like in your video when transmitting on the 705. was there a change you performed to get it down to 1.5:1?

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

@@davydotcom I'll have a video on it soon enough... you remove the whip from its screw on base (not the base from the part that connects to the screw on base) and CUT the whip to the right size.

@davydotcom Жыл бұрын

@@temporarilyoffline sounds good the guide seems to say not to do this for the dual bander . I did some adjusting and got mine lower a bit but vhf is still not ideal

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

@@davydotcom Its one of those things where you have to pick which thing you want to "destroy" - either the antenna whip, or the radio. Neither are a good/cheap choice.

@Alessandro-mw4zt Жыл бұрын

And how you can remove this antenna when you will sell the car?

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

I will post an update when that time comes. I suspect a little heat will help. It has to be possible to remove because they sell a re-install kit. Time will tell.

@Alessandro-mw4zt Жыл бұрын

@@temporarilyoffline my mfj have not an extra adesive for next installation

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

@Alessandro-mw4zt for this Larsen model, it is a package you purchase when the time comes to reinstall.

@radiotvgod Жыл бұрын

@@Alessandro-mw4zt Gigaparts carries it, among others. Trying Larsen today got a disconnect phone. Sad.

@gaptastic Жыл бұрын

Regarding openening statement: What are we comparing this to? Mag Mount? Is it better? This reminds me of old CB BS from days back, so if it is still going on seems cool. WAIT! 289 bucks! Get a lip mount if one wants better than mag mount!

@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын

I'll try a lip mount if this one fails. I couldn't find a good bolt on mount for this car, everything is curves or angles