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    FYI dust always gets under magnets on a car and ruins the paintwork. We have a number of work utes with scars from magnets of various types.
    "Dolores" my '97 model 300tdi D1 and "Donkey" my '20 RE Himalayan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    All of it Plug and Play UHF
    I tried sticking a magnetic light to the bonnet of the D3 and it wouldn't stick. Stuck to everywhere else though.
    FINN - '72 88" S3 - 2.286 petrol - yet to go on it's first adventure
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco-tastic View Post
    I tried sticking a magnetic light to the bonnet of the D3 and it wouldn't stick. Stuck to everywhere else though.
    My apologies you are correct!
    I was thinking along the lines of the roof... Plug and Play UHF

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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    Given the amount of use most UHF's get a handheld might be good option.

    We have a couple of plug and play units in the office but you need to be be happy with a magnet base on your paintwork.

    I just did a 10 day camping trip and didn't use it once to talk to anybody, turned it on just the once to listen for what was up with traffic.

    Just drove 500km last night to get to a job site, turn it on when approaching the range and that was it.

    The times i do use it is for line of sight, a couple of hundred meters I.e. Getting around a wide load etc.
    I have a regular 80 channel UHF fitted and so does the Missus as we usually travel in 2 cars (1x boat and 1x van) we use these to keep in touch and we also carry a hand held UHF for chan40 and this works perfectly.
    If you are Not travelling in convoy then a simple hand held unit will do the job just fine
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    Even when coach driving out of the metro area, a 40ch - 2W UNIDEN handheld in the top pocket worked fine for communicating with Pilot-escort vehicles. Best range was around 5 km open road/Pilot in front of me.

    I'd suggest a 5W handheld, cradled, and a good bullbar mounted antenna,
    - Second-best would be a gutter-mount antenna, where a wire whip would suffice for convoy use and a bit more. Running the cable under the door-seal might be a potential leak-point.

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    For Aerial installation info on D3/D4 check these threads:
    Show us the antennas on your D4/D3
    Aerial install for D3/D4 TailGate
    Cheers,

    Sean

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