All,
I have been working on my HT for my Jeep. I am going to get a full-on mobile radio for the Jeep, but in the mean time, I've got it mostly where I want it. I have made a bracket for the HT unit, I have run the power, and I have it plugged into my head unit so that I can actually hear it (The Jeep is really loud). The thing I want to do know, is to put a dash-mounted antenna plug. Here's the setup:
Current Setup:
VX-8R with this cable:
It is connected to the cable coming from my magnetic antenna.
What I'm wanting to do, is wire that antenna behind the dash to an SO-239 connector sticking out.
So, I'm thinking that one of these:
Then, instead of the cable I currently have, I'd get one with an sma-pl259 that I could just attach really quickly to the plug on the dash.
What I really wish they had was something like this:
but in so-239. They have similar things but they aren't threaded all the way down so I couldn't just mount it in my dash through a hole.
Does anyone foresee any problems here, and does this seem like it will work?
I have been working on my HT for my Jeep. I am going to get a full-on mobile radio for the Jeep, but in the mean time, I've got it mostly where I want it. I have made a bracket for the HT unit, I have run the power, and I have it plugged into my head unit so that I can actually hear it (The Jeep is really loud). The thing I want to do know, is to put a dash-mounted antenna plug. Here's the setup:
Current Setup:
VX-8R with this cable:
It is connected to the cable coming from my magnetic antenna.
What I'm wanting to do, is wire that antenna behind the dash to an SO-239 connector sticking out.
So, I'm thinking that one of these:
Then, instead of the cable I currently have, I'd get one with an sma-pl259 that I could just attach really quickly to the plug on the dash.
What I really wish they had was something like this:
but in so-239. They have similar things but they aren't threaded all the way down so I couldn't just mount it in my dash through a hole.
Does anyone foresee any problems here, and does this seem like it will work?