Tri Mag Mount

[space cowboy]

I don't know why you'd want to go from a 102 to a wilson if you didn't have to.
if I wouldn't snap off a 102 when I enter the garage I'd still be running one.

 

[undertaker]

use the spring..thats what I have on mine.............

 

[space cowboy]

won't work. my garage door opening is 74". that only leaves about 18" of clearance over my roof. I even knock off the wilson from time to time, and I creep into the garage.
I listen for the wilson when I pull in and use it as a reference for where to stop, when the antenna goes BOING and snaps back up, hitting the roof trusses, I'm in. too much more and I start breaking the fluorescents.

I've considered tying one over, but I'm not sure how that would work out broadcasting. or of the legality of it. the tie down might be considered a vision obstruction.
otherwise I'd have to mount it just inches off the ground to even think of pulling in the garage..

 

[undertaker]

Back when I was young they used to make a clip to hold the 102 down have not seen one sense.

 

[jessejamesdallas]

Back when I was young they used to make a clip to hold the 102 down have not seen one sense.

They still sell them on eBay...Bigger problem is they clip to the rain gutters...How many vehicles still have rain gutters over the side windows?

 

[undertaker]

You are right JJD never thought of that!!!

 

[M0GVZ]

Diamond K400 doesn't use a rain gutter.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Diamond K400 doesn't use a rain gutter.

Those are actually a very good mount and will handle a 102 whip if mounted properly. I used one on the vertical edge of a hatch door on an SUV for many years. It even held a 10 1/2 foot antenna with a heavy rigid fiberglass bottom half and a flexible whip on the top half.

 

[psycho]

Problem with the new F150's is that one of the ridges is on the center line of the roof, to put the mount between two ridges would require putting the antenna off center.

One other thing is that the new 2015 F150s have aluminum body panels and that includes the roof.

 

[M0GVZ]

One other thing is that the new 2015 F150s have aluminum body panels and that includes the roof.

Most base antennas are made from aluminium so its not necessarily a detriment.

 

[jessejamesdallas]

Diamond K400 doesn't use a rain gutter.

Diamond K400 is a antenna mount tho, not a whip hold-down clip.

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5336136228&icep_item=400747180920

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Most base antennas are made from aluminium so its not necessarily a detriment.

It is if one wants to use a magmount. Also the aluminum is not as rigid as steel so an NMO mount will flex the roof more.

 

[jessejamesdallas]

I've considered tying one over, but I'm not sure how that would work out broadcasting. or of the legality of it. the tie down might be considered a vision obstruction.
otherwise I'd have to mount it just inches off the ground to even think of pulling in the garage..

Wont work tied down, SWR will be threw the roof...Have to be able to let it stand back up to talk...