Mounting an nmo to this mount?

[GrouserPad]

Hi again! I have an old truck with this puck mount. Are there any gmrs antennas that would work on it or adapters to get it to work with an  nmo mount? I’m kind of struggling with my Google-fu and thought I’d find something easily but am coming up empty. Any ideas?

Looking to mount a 5/8 wave to it  for gmrs frequencies  

https://www.icamanufacturing.com/shop/p/fatboy-puck-antenna-mount

[SteveShannon]

24 minutes ago, GrouserPad said:

Hi again! I have an old truck with this puck mount. Are there any gmrs antennas that would work on it or adapters to get it to work with an  nmo mount? I’m kind of struggling with my Google-fu and thought I’d find something easily but am coming up empty. Any ideas?

Looking to mount a 5/8 wave to it  for gmrs frequencies  

https://www.icamanufacturing.com/shop/p/fatboy-puck-antenna-mount

Can you replace your puck mount with this (same manufacturer) and then use any antenna that uses a UHF mount?

https://www.icamanufacturing.com/shop/p/fatboy-puck-3-antenna-mount

Or perhaps this would make better sense and allow you to adapt your existing system to something more widely used:

https://www.icamanufacturing.com/shop/p/so-239-hardware-mount
 

[GrouserPad]

34 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Can you replace your puck mount with this (same manufacturer) and then use any antenna that uses a UHF mount?

https://www.icamanufacturing.com/shop/p/fatboy-puck-3-antenna-mount

Or perhaps this would make better sense and allow you to adapt your existing system to something more widely used:

https://www.icamanufacturing.com/shop/p/so-239-hardware-mount
 

I’m trying to repurpose the mount because I drilled a big hole in the roof for it many years ago. It’s a killer good setup but I figured there’d be a way to get a gmrs nmo on it or a pl259 on the top of it. I’ll keep looking. Thanks Steve! 

[SteveShannon]

10 minutes ago, GrouserPad said:

I’m trying to repurpose the mount because I drilled a big hole in the roof for it many years ago. It’s a killer good setup but I figured there’d be a way to get a gmrs nmo on it or a pl259 on the top of it. I’ll keep looking. Thanks Steve! 

Both of those mounts that I linked have a SO 239, which allows you to use antennas with a PL-259.  

[GrouserPad]

The female where the antenna is to mount into is 3/8”x24 standard thread if that helps. 

[GrouserPad]

3 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Both of those mounts that I linked have a SO 239, which allows you to use antennas with a PL-259.  

Right on. Yes I see that and I may have to go that route at some point if I end up failing to find a way to convert this current one I have to work. These are kinda expensive and id like not to have to buy a new if if possible. Prolly end up with the pl259 type like you suggested.

[SteveShannon]

6 minutes ago, GrouserPad said:

Right on. Yes I see that and I may have to go that route at some point if I end up failing to find a way to convert this current one I have to work. These are kinda expensive and id like not to have to buy a new if if possible. Prolly end up with the pl259 type like you suggested.

In my opinion, the best way to do it is to replace that puck with something like this, but you’ll need some kind of sealed bushing to fill the hole the puck required:

https://theantennafarm.com/shop-by-categories/antennas-mounts/mobile-antenna-mounts/nmo-mobile-antenna-mounts/266-permanent-hole-mounts/289-nmo-3-4-hole-mount-no-connector/1140-laird-connectivity-mb8-detail

[GrouserPad]

6 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

In my opinion, the best way to do it is to replace that puck with something like this, but you’ll need some kind of sealed bushing to fill the hole the puck required:

https://theantennafarm.com/shop-by-categories/antennas-mounts/mobile-antenna-mounts/nmo-mobile-antenna-mounts/266-permanent-hole-mounts/289-nmo-3-4-hole-mount-no-connector/1140-laird-connectivity-mb8-detail

Yeh if I were starting with a fresh roof I would go that route, but the hole I drilled is 1 1/4” diameter and that is 3/4” diameter. It’d be so easy to find a 3/8x24tpi nmo male to just thread into it. 
I found something on digikey: maybe this will thread in….  
 

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-pctel/BMATM338/13687616?gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_adgroup=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PMax Shopping_Product_Medium ROAS Categories&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_id=go_cmp-20223376311_adg-_ad-__dev-m_ext-_prd-13687616_sig-Cj0KCQiAy8K8BhCZARIsAKJ8sfQqFauzeZ7C4QiHLgVT-V1JQq3UB6lZXeLRoMr2uko-7BG3nXeb9_caApgSEALw_wcB&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADrbLliIWxjmuHaZB-x47WDNoxzQ9&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy8K8BhCZARIsAKJ8sfQqFauzeZ7C4QiHLgVT-V1JQq3UB6lZXeLRoMr2uko-7BG3nXeb9_caApgSEALw_wcB

 

[BoxCar]

There are 3/8x24 adapters to NMO available. I've seen them but don't remember where. You may find one doing a search.

[GrouserPad]

3 hours ago, BoxCar said:

There are 3/8x24 adapters to NMO available. I've seen them but don't remember where. You may find one doing a search.

Boxcar, as you can tell by my original post, I have done a lot of googling and searching and haven’t come up with anything yet. 

[SteveShannon]

11 minutes ago, GrouserPad said:

Boxcar, as you can tell by my original post, I have done a lot of googling and searching and haven’t come up with anything yet. 

Would this help?

https://theantennafarm.com/shop-by-categories/antennas-mounts/mobile-antenna-mounts/nmo-mobile-antenna-mounts/270-thick-surface-mounts/292-thick-surface-mount-up-to-1-2-/1153-laird-connectivity-mabvt8-detail
 

[GrouserPad]

I’m going to try this. Seeing as they don’t list the thread pitch it’s a bit of a gamble but most antenna stuff is 3/8x24 afaik. 
 

https://theantennafarm.com/shop-by-categories/antennas-mounts/mobile-antenna-mounts/nmo-mobile-antenna-mounts/270-thick-surface-mounts/292-thick-surface-mount-up-to-1-2-/1159-pctel-maxrad-bmatm338-detail?srsltid=AfmBOooKJ5aceiPML4vUuITmWLyrrwJ0WCy0gNUStIY7tYNI1JCbDMT-

[SteveShannon]

7 hours ago, GrouserPad said:

I’m going to try this. Seeing as they don’t list the thread pitch it’s a bit of a gamble but most antenna stuff is 3/8x24 afaik. 
 

https://theantennafarm.com/shop-by-categories/antennas-mounts/mobile-antenna-mounts/nmo-mobile-antenna-mounts/270-thick-surface-mounts/292-thick-surface-mount-up-to-1-2-/1159-pctel-maxrad-bmatm338-detail?srsltid=AfmBOooKJ5aceiPML4vUuITmWLyrrwJ0WCy0gNUStIY7tYNI1JCbDMT-

For more about 3/8 x 24, maybe this will help. I haven’t watched it.