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Monitr7 · 03-01-2004

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Originally posted by G8tK33per
No, no, no...that's a 'monitor-mount'. Pay attention.

Aw, crap! What the hell was I thinking? The magmount goes on the hood of the car, right?

G8tK33per · 03-01-2004

Now yer gettin' it...

yonu · 03-01-2004

ok ok i knew this was coming

G8tK33per · 03-01-2004

All in good fun, we're all targets at one time or another...

Monitr7 · 03-01-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by yonu
ok ok i knew this was coming

Just kidding, yonu. We do that around here a lot. WarJoking.

Getting back to your question about magmounts, it's just an antenna with a magnet on the bottom, so you can mount it on the car; preferably, the roof. The only magmount I use is an omnidirectional, though there are others, like patch and panel antennas, that can be magmounted as well.

King_Ice_Flash · 03-01-2004

On the same subject, if you have a car with a fiberglass body, or don’t want an antenna visible on your car, the answer is NOT to stick it on the underside of the car. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of coaxial going out the window and disappearing somewhere underneath a car going down hwy 16.

Monitr7 · 03-01-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by King_Ice_Flash
On the same subject, if you have a car with a fiberglass body, or don’t want an antenna visible on your car, the answer is NOT to stick it on the underside of the car. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of coaxial going out the window and disappearing somewhere underneath a car going down hwy 16.

just make it look like part of the car. Take off the radio antenna and put the magmount over the spot where the radio antenna was. Magmount Yagi antennas on the front in a configuration that looks like a brush bar. Put a circular waveguide right beside the exhaust pipe, so that it looks like you have dual exhausts. I mean, sure; you could take an easier way and put the antenna inside the vehicle, but what's the fun in that?

Barry · 03-01-2004

If you own a Crown Vic in the states just add a few more dummy antennas and look like an unmarked leo.

The Others · 03-01-2004

Another important point is that if you use an omni antenna without a groundplane (that's a metal disk below the "aerial" bit of the antanna) you must stick it on metal, with at least half a metre of metal surrounding it in each direction. If you use a groundplane, you can stick it on anything.

I myself have a mag mount stuck to the iron plate in my skull. I have it disquised as a dorky rotor cap. More images of this, posted by others, can be seen by searching around a little.

G8tK33per · 03-01-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by The Others

I myself have a mag mount stuck to the iron plate in my skull. I have it disquised as a dorky rotor cap. More images of this, posted by others, can be seen by searching around a little.

Thorn · 03-01-2004

Ya know G8t, I have one of those. I really do. My wife and son gave it to me one year. I wear it when thinking of particularly difficut geek issues.

Otherwise it just stays on my skull...

(The propeller is a bit washed out, but you can see it.)

G8tK33per · 03-01-2004

Put a beer can next to that skull and I'll have a new avatar!

03-01-2004	#17 (permalink)
G8tK33per Asshole Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Goomba's Booty Boardwalk Posts: 6,148	Now yer gettin' it... __________________ "My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention." Sons of Confederate Veterans

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G8tK33per Asshole Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Goomba's Booty Boardwalk Posts: 6,148	All in good fun, we're all targets at one time or another... __________________ "My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention." Sons of Confederate Veterans

03-01-2004	#21 (permalink)
King_Ice_Flash Alien Paranoid Stumbler Join Date: May 2003 Location: WI Posts: 2,690	On the same subject, if you have a car with a fiberglass body, or don’t want an antenna visible on your car, the answer is NOT to stick it on the underside of the car. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of coaxial going out the window and disappearing somewhere underneath a car going down hwy 16. __________________ "Yeah," said a voice from under the table, "you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel."

03-01-2004	#23 (permalink)
Barry Managing the iTards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,973	If you own a Crown Vic in the states just add a few more dummy antennas and look like an unmarked leo. __________________ Never do anything you don't want to explain to the paramedics.

03-01-2004	#24 (permalink)
The Others PeaceDriver Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dos Palabras, Mandoras Posts: 2,920	Another important point is that if you use an omni antenna without a groundplane (that's a metal disk below the "aerial" bit of the antanna) you must stick it on metal, with at least half a metre of metal surrounding it in each direction. If you use a groundplane, you can stick it on anything. I myself have a mag mount stuck to the iron plate in my skull. I have it disquised as a dorky rotor cap. More images of this, posted by others, can be seen by searching around a little. __________________ all good ends all ?u=273

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yonu Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: fayetteville NC Posts: 31	ok ok i knew this was coming

03-01-2004	#27 (permalink)
G8tK33per Asshole Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Goomba's Booty Boardwalk Posts: 6,148	Put a beer can next to that skull and I'll have a new avatar! __________________ "My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention." Sons of Confederate Veterans

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