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    The US auto manufactures made that mistake decades ago. They still haven't recovered.
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    This is true for anything. Some engineers here feel a bit too smug. Same goes for what school they graduate from as well.
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    And at times money. Oh well, its a hobby.
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    I was at my typical Thursday night radio coffee group get together last night. One of the guys had a good setup for a ground plane for a mobile antenna mounted on the rack behind the truck cab. I took a couple of photos to share on the group here. Might give a few people some ideas to try out.
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    Those radios were a source of cheap gear for Ham uses.
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    The purpose of government isn't to make things more efficient. It's to waste more tax payer money and hire more public sector employees.
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    With the software tools commonly available fake paper documents can be easily created too. With the now "Deep Fake" technology you can't even believe videos any more.
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    Maybe you don’t, but it does seem to be a popular topic on this forum.
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    A.K.A. -> FRS.
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    Who cares about the name? It’s the privileges you get that matter.
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    Humm.. clinically depressed? He should do a video on the virtues of Xanax. Have a video of before and after use, sad Ham to a happy Ham.
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    SMABNCTNCPL259N+ maybe?
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    Looks like a nice radio. https://pdfs.kenwoodproducts.com/30/TK-7360HV-8360HUBrochure.pdf What software are you using to program it?
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    The blue ones they advertise on late night TV?
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    One example. The antenna installation on my CX-5 the mount with cable was only was available with an SMA connector on the end. There was another one, with the mini RG8X cable connector on the end, but it was too short to make it from the roof rack mount to inside of the rear hatch. I wanted to go to some mini RG8X cable, as an extention, that only had RG8X connectors. All I had on hand was SMA to BNC. Had to use the higher loss RG-58 extension cable until I can buy the adapters I want at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend.
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    You get what you pay for, and sometimes not even that. I’ve gotten in to the habit of checking SMA connectors by screwing different types together. The cheap ones seem to have poorly cut screw threads on the SMA ends. If the connectors screw together completely, seats and doesn’t exhibit ANY hint of binding it’s useable. Otherwise it’s junk. I’ll spend some time digging through the vendor’s bins at a swap checking every SMA connector I want to buy before dropping my money on them. I’ve been burned before and have a handful of bad ones to prove it. At $4 to $5 each it adds up.
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    I would recommend the FTDI cable. Too many counterfeit Prolific chips floating around. While Blue Max 49ers cable likely don't have them but if you have a choice get the FTDI cable.
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    The official band runs from 420 to 450 MHz. Between 420 and 430 MHz it’s a bit interesting. There are a few users, some police or fire departments, that have licensed frequencies there.
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    You won’t be the only one. So long as people understand the potential problems they make their own choices. I have some friends who have done the same thing. I gave them “the speech” and they make their choices. That’s the end of the topic. I wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t at least point it out.
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    Mobile Mount Drip Loop

    From the album: Misc. Radio Gear

    Need a loop at the bottom entrance to keep the water out.
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    Mobile Mount Coax Extention Cable

    From the album: Misc. Radio Gear

    This is the cable extension, RG-58C, from the mobile antenna mount. The mount uses RG-316 because it’s thin enough to fit along the tail light assembly. The other mount I looked at used RG-58, which would have required squeezing it to fit along the side of the tail light assembly. That would have likely screwed up the cable impedance resulting in an elevated SWR, which I didn't want. So, I stayed with the thinner RG-316 and a longer length even if it was higher loss. Sometimes you don't have much choice. I finally got the adapters I wanted and swapped out the RG-58C for a 10 foot section of RG8X mini. The RG8X mini has about half the losses of the RG-58C extension cable. It's also a bit fatter cable too. The photo shows the original cable installation. https://diamondantenna.net/c110.html https://fieldcomponents.com/mini-uhf-coaxial-Connectors.html
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    Mobile Mount Coax Routing

    From the album: Misc. Radio Gear

    Used some Styrofoam stuffed in the narrow cracks to hold the thin coax in place. The gap between the tail light assembly and the hatch lip was too narrow to stuff even an RG-58 coax into it without having to really squeeze down the cable to flatten it out. That likely would have resulted in an elevated SWR. The only thing that fit was another mount with RG-316 cable. The losses where higher than I wanted, but I didn't have much choice.
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    Close up of mobile mount.

    From the album: Misc. Radio Gear

    I had to use a slightly different mount than originally planed. The roof rack rails are a bit under 3 inches wide which required a special mount for it. Seems this is more common on newer vehicles, the wide roof rack rails. https://diamondantenna.net/k550.html The antenna mount itself used an "UHF" type socket, SO-239, since that matches the mobile antennas I already own. The lead in cable is 13.5 feet of really thin RG-316 coax. I needed to get some SMA to RG8X mini coax adapters to use the extension cable. https://diamondantenna.net/c213sma.html The RG8X mini coax adapters look like miniature RG-259 ones but the big difference is they are rated for a constant impedance of 50 ohms up to bit over 2GHz. The RG-259/SO-239 connectors are not recommended for use above 300MHz.
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    Mobile antenna install side view.

    From the album: Misc. Radio Gear

    This is the view of the mobile mount with the antenna installed looking at the vehicle from the drivers side.
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