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Re: Mobile HAM/Amateur Radio Choices
Welcome to the hobby ! Just a quick bit of advice when mounting ham radios. Be sure the grounds are set up properly. Unlike a CB at 5 watts some ham rigs put out over 100 watts! Make sure antenna grounds and the rig (that's the ham radio) grounds are solid. The last thing you want is to do is fry an ECU (and it surely happens) and be stuck somewhere because of the ham radio. Mag mount antennas are great on the trail. I used to put mine on the hood of the jeep because the antenna can add almost 3 feet to the height of your truck. If a mag mount get tangled up in trees it will just fall over. I also used a through the glass antenna for low power local repeater operation with great results, emphasis on low power and local. Nothing cooler that sitting in your car with an HF rig chatting with someone in Europe or Australia.
Good Luck & 73's
Andy KF2WR Member of K2IRT ARC
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