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  1. 9th June 2009, 11:58 AM #11
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    I have a three piece extending tent pole u-bolted to the inside of the rear wheel carrier. There is a small bit of angle on top and the CDI-900 Aerial is mounted to that. It extends up beyond roof height for touring and can be dropped down for protection if necessary. Its wired through the back door and up to the roof mounted Icom 400 Pro. I also dislike having to look through an aerial and in addition this get the best positioning possible.
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  2. 9th June 2009, 12:36 PM #12
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    Is the aerial you're contemplating ground plane dependent or independent? If dependent that limits your options.

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  3. 9th June 2009, 12:44 PM #13
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    Thanks for all the responses.

    I'm only going to be using it for 4WD club trips for communications between vehicles so I don't need a huge range. I have had uhf aerials on bullbars on my previous 4wd's and found they worked well for what I used them for.

    I'll go with mounting it on the passenger side.

    Cheers
    Balloch

    EDIT: The aerial I have is a http://www.ryda.com.au/GME-AE4018K1-...p/ae4018k1.htm
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  4. 9th June 2009, 03:56 PM #14
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    The UHF transmits at 1 or 5 watts at 470MHz
    Your mobile phone transmits a fraction of a watt at double that freq or higher.
    Therefore if you mount your UHF in the blue spot it is POSSIBLE it could drop or interfere with any active phone calls when you transmit on the UHF. ( particularly if you are in poor mobile coverage area ).
    What I'd do is a simple test : temporarily mount your UHF antenna at the blue spot and connect it to the UHF. Then initiate a phone call, and then transmit on HI power on your UHF. If the phone call stays connected and is not distorted, you should be OK.
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