XTL 5000 high power in a Mini Cooper
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:18 pm
Greetings:
I'm downsizing from my 2002 Ford Excursion to a 2door Mini Cooper Hardtop. I have a full power 110 watt VHF remote mount with an 05 head. How low can I take the RF output safely? I'm reluctant to operate more than 40 watts or so due to the major computerization of the new car. I'll ask the techs at the dealer to see if Mini has any guidance. I also have a vhf dash mount, but there is no where to mount the dash mount Head. The remote head is just do-able. I'm not roof mounting antennas but using l brackets on the opposite front corners of the hood. I can easily use a seat bolt bracket stick to put the head on, and will use this for a my ham dualbander control head as well. The two antennas will b separated by a hoods width, which should be plenty.
I'm looking for ideas on solving this install
Thanks in advance for your help.
Paul Spatzek KL7PS
I'm downsizing from my 2002 Ford Excursion to a 2door Mini Cooper Hardtop. I have a full power 110 watt VHF remote mount with an 05 head. How low can I take the RF output safely? I'm reluctant to operate more than 40 watts or so due to the major computerization of the new car. I'll ask the techs at the dealer to see if Mini has any guidance. I also have a vhf dash mount, but there is no where to mount the dash mount Head. The remote head is just do-able. I'm not roof mounting antennas but using l brackets on the opposite front corners of the hood. I can easily use a seat bolt bracket stick to put the head on, and will use this for a my ham dualbander control head as well. The two antennas will b separated by a hoods width, which should be plenty.
I'm looking for ideas on solving this install
Thanks in advance for your help.
Paul Spatzek KL7PS