Thread: ANY Ideas how to mount Satphone antenna ??

hot glue gun,silicon.dont know if it will damage the paint.how good is the magnet will it hold a steel plate beneath the aluminium

Originally Posted by lewy

hot glue gun,silicon.dont know if it will damage the paint.how good is the magnet will it hold a steel plate beneath the aluminium

This was my first thought.

Glue a steel plate, a bit of galv garden edging comes to mind, under the roof, and above the roof lining, and then pop the antenna on top.

If the magnets are strong enough, and I suspect they are, it will hold in place.

Only thing to be careful of, is that if the antenna moves at all, it may scratch the roof. Maybe some thin felt under them to protect the paintwork?

What about gluing a rare earth magnet or 4 if they are all magnets in the pic, on the underside of the roof. More holding power. Check magnet polarity before ya do.

Dave

Originally Posted by SouthOz

What about gluing a rare earth magnet or 4 if they are all magnets in the pic, on the underside of the roof. More holding power. Check magnet polarity before ya do.

Dave

Bloody good idea, Must go out and try that one.
yes they are magnets under the plastic bottom cover.

I tried putting steel plate under a sheet of aluminium and the antenna wont stick good enough, but I'm sure the magnet will work.

In the meantime my wife told me "mount it on the wankel" (her name for a snorkel) I guffawed & said no thats not going to work,

Well unbeknown to her I drilled a hole in one of here pie dishes & screwed it to the top of a Old Donaldson pre cleaner - Guess what I bloodywell works.

I just took it for a drive & 5 signal bars in every direction, droppimg back to 2 bars under heavy tree cover. Even in the rain & cloud cover. Bonus
I think the pie dish acts as sort of a ground plane.

Dosent really look out of place, but the Donaldson isnt my preferred snorkel head, If the Rare Earth magnet idea dosent work I'll go with the wankel. could probably do with the extra pre-cleaning where we need the satphone anyway.

Hi I purchased another brand of antenna for the same type of phone that comes with a 3m lead as standard. Cost just under $300.00 Maybe of interest to others. Cheers Rob

Originally Posted by SouthOz

What about gluing a rare earth magnet or 4 if they are all magnets in the pic, on the underside of the roof. More holding power. Check magnet polarity before ya do.

Dave

Rare earth magnet works, I have a big 1" cube magnet, If i put it under the roof it holds a steel plate to the top very firmly. Then the antenna sticks to that. thanks for the idea, problem solved.

Originally Posted by Safari

Hi I purchased another brand of antenna for the same type of phone that comes with a 3m lead as standard. Cost just under $300.00 Maybe of interest to others. Cheers Rob

I'm also interested, does it have a cradle ? any pics ? mine was about $450.

Originally Posted by Safari

Hi I purchased another brand of antenna for the same type of phone that comes with a 3m lead as standard. Cost just under $300.00 Maybe of interest to others. Cheers Rob

I am interested could you give some details?

I bought it from this mob Satellitephonesales.com.au Australia's cheapest Satellite phone sales online - Satellitephonesales.com.au Australia's cheapest Satellite phone sales online - Satellite Phone Sales - Australia's cheapest online Satellite Phone Store I looked on their website and they don't mention them so I rang them and talked to a sales person who said they do sell them but they are not advertised. They have gone up heaps since I bought mine, in fact they sold mine at a loss.( Pre release deal) New price is $499.00 and he could not send me a brochure or link to the item. Good luck! Cheers Rob