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I have a Wilson 1000 on my car now, but Im looking to put my old 102" whip on the car. Someone said that a tri mag mount isn't beefy enough to handle the 102, will a 4 mag wount w/ 5" mags handle ~70~ MPH?
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Its worth a try. Your best bet would be to get the drill out and solid mount it. The one thing about a 102" is that you are going to tag everything that you go undr, espesialy if you have it on the roof.
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NC420 said:
I'd love to drill "the hole" but its not technically MY car, its my parents. Dad isn't very happy about a 3/8" hole in his "baby", so mag mount is pretty much my only good option. I had the 102 on MY station wagon bolted to the lugage rack, it worked great except for drive thrus and low telephone wires!
I would think the tri-mag would work, if it had good, strong magnets. The four-mag would definately work.
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949Jake said:
stupid plasic bumper....Im gunna run a little power so I want to use the whole antenna...as low swr as poss.
Yep. Another very old thread but, I have a triple mag mount. 3 five inch magnets. All I've done to it is change the coax to LMR-240. I have had it on top of my pickup truck cab with the heavy duty barrel spring and 102 inch SS Whip at 80 mph no problems. Works great.
Don't laugh too hard, mag mounts can kick ass!
My triple mag mount (no spring) also handles 80+ mph, I just ensure that the magnetic base is oriented with two of the magnets facing forward so the antenna can't tip back as easily. I can grab the tip of the antenna and bend it all the way back and touch the truck with it, so I know it isn't going to blow off even at 100mph.
Mag mounts work great too if done right, mine does just as good as my sirio 827 base antenna. Talking locally, 18 miles is like being a mile away and starting to lose them in the noise at 25-30 miles (through wooded hilly terrain). Mine was cut a foot shorter than 102 because of how it was matched, but it can be taken off my big truck and put on the little buick with almost no change in SWR or performance.
In my opinion, no antenna should ever be mounted on a bumper though. Unless you are end-feeding a half-wave antenna, most of the radiation comes from the lower half because that's where the current is highest. So putting an antenna on a bumper where the lower portion of it is right next to a metal body panel is a recipe for disappointment...
The three-magnet mount may keep the antenna secured, but will the "power" do to the paint beneath the magnets?
If the only option for his 102" is a mag mount he should just keep running the Wilson 1000 he already has.
I agree.
I am curious if the magnets will have any adverse effects on the vehicle's Navigation / GPS system.