Coax length on mag mount question

[Redbeard U812]

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Whadda ya mean ya ain’t got one squirreled away?

That thing ain't nuth'n but pure D snake oil. Mini Stargunn wanna be. Taint nuf there to even get close to proper counter poise (ground plane). Bonding.....body panels, hood, bed, and a ground on the radio ( not just the neg lead). Run sufficient wire from battery to radio, with fuse. No tie in at fuse panel or a cigarette lighter.

 

[2NC995]

That thing ain't nuth'n but pure D snake oil. Mini Stargunn wanna be. Taint nuf there to even get close to proper counter poise (ground plane). Bonding.....body panels, hood, bed, and a ground on the radio ( not just the neg lead). Run sufficient wire from battery to radio, with fuse. No tie in at fuse panel or a cigarette lighter.

There’s no room at the cigarette lighter, I already have the DX500V plugged in there. Ran radio off dome light switch, since I usually have it on anyway.

 

[Redbeard U812]

There’s no room at the cigarette lighter, I already have the DX500V plugged in there. Ran radio off dome light switch, since I usually have it on anyway.

SERIOUSLY?

 

[2NC995]

SERIOUSLY?

Seems to work fine. I just need to add some more liquid electric tape because it’s been sparking off my meter.

 

[Redbeard U812]

Seems to work fine. I just need to add some more liquid electric tape because it’s been sparking off my meter.

Careful.....might arc thru one of those seat springs wearing through....

 

[Slowmover]

That thing ain't nuth'n but pure D snake oil. Mini Stargunn wanna be. Taint nuf there to even get close to proper counter poise (ground plane). Bonding.....body panels, hood, bed, and a ground on the radio ( not just the neg lead). Run sufficient wire from battery to radio, with fuse. No tie in at fuse panel or a cigarette lighter.

Okay, okay . . . I won’t tell anyone that after dark is when you add a Zing Ring to yours.

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[fourstringburn]

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Whadda ya mean ya ain’t got one squirreled away?

If you guy's are implying that's a ground radial, that is incorrect.

How can it be a a ground radial when it attaches to the hot side of the antenna???

 

[2NC995]

That’s not the one 75 is talking about.

The one he is referring to connects to an so239 mount. The radials connect the braid, and the hot is a straight shot through.

 

[Marconi]

That’s not the one 75 is talking about.

Forget my post to Slowmover above. I deleted it because it was stupid in light of some new information.

The one he is referring to connects to an so239 mount. The radials connect the braid, and the hot is a straight shot through.

So, the hub that Slowmover posted is not the one? And, the right one is intended to improve the ground for a magnet mount setup?

 

[Redbeard U812]

Okay, okay . . . I won’t tell anyone that after dark is when you add a Zing Ring to yours.

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What's a Zing Ring? Does it look cool with 97 chicken lights and chrome?

 

[fourstringburn]

That’s not the one 75 is talking about.

The one he is referring to connects to an so239 mount. The radials connect the braid, and the hot is a straight shot through.

I would like to see one of those.

 

[2NC995]

I know nothing about them other than having seen them. I know they’re not the same as the 3/8x24 “ground planes” that attached to the hot, and not the same as those that mount above the coil on a Wilson antenna...

 

[Marconi]

I wanted to try and model this idea, but I can't model a magnet mount setup.

I see no purpose for adding this to a hard mount that everyone has already said is the only way to fix all of the problems associated with Magnet Mounts.

 

[Marconi]

I'm out of here.

Here we have a failure to communicate.

 

[2NC995]

I'm out of here.

Here we have a failure to communicate.

What did I miss?

Just looking at my mag mount...it appears the radials would sit about 1 1/2” above the vehicle body.