Batboard

doesn't someone make a vehicle NMO mount that uses something other than crappy RG58?

i think it's called multi-link cable... double shielded... nice stuff... i remember the cable is clear ... u can see the other silver shield thru the jacket...

anyone have any of these?



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You can just get the NMO button alone and put whatever cable you can cram on to it be it LMR100 or RG174 or even LMR400 if you wanted, it just depends on the button and the space in your roof.

You Dude,

Not sure this is the answer you're looking for, or even if this is helpful info. But I have a Motorola trunk lip mount on my wife's car. The manual (4 pages) is 68-80360B29-A, dated 1990. It specifies five different trunk lip mounts with RG58, and four with "low loss" cable. The low loss cable part numbers are 01-80355A81 thru 84.

So at least at some point Big M had available what you're asking about.

Maybe this will help, maybe not. Sorry if not.

Good luck,

Putting new small-diameter cable on an NMO mount is not difficult. It takes good eyes, patience, and some soldering experience, but I've managed the job many times with no problems.

Tom, W2NJS
...in D.C.

Comtelco MicroLoss cable # MBZL ....with no connector
http://www.comtelco.net

Cushcraft makes a mount with a low-loss "ultralink" cable. Perhaps that is the name you heard.

We use a cellphone nmo kit and it hasd the
low loss cable with it.
We use it for all radio installs,vhf,uhf,cell

The old Motorola white teflon cable... they call that LOW LOSS??? Not, the shield is poor.
Most runs for VHF the good quality RG58A/U is ok, but when you get up in 470 and 800 or 940 the loss IS a big factor. I have used all the low loss cables over the years, and ultralink, and LMR240 have been the best, but they have solid center conductors that might break in some installations.

Susan has the right idea, but then she is just a girl like me!!!!

ComTelco MicroLoss is a good one if you need it already made up.
Here again the proper tools, the crimper especially, are needed.

Since I have a boatload of LMR-400-DB (and LMR-600-DB), I was thinking of putting on my vehicle installs, just don't think it is worth it for the amount of cable length. Also, the correct length is necessary for ideal tuning purposes. Also, don't think the LMR-400 will fit too nicely under my headliner.

Antenex (http://www.antenex.com) has NMO mounts with LMR coax attached.

Some fairly good, though pricey, antennae, too.

I know a guy that used RG-213 for all his mobile installs.

Insane, but, aparantly it works amazingly well.


M

213 ??? heck LMR200, same size as RG58A/U works twice as good, half the loss.

ULTRALINK and MicroLoss cable work good also. I perfer the ComTelco mounts.

I used some NMO mounts from Maxrad that had RG-8A/U. Altough it was a bit thicker than the RG-58, I didn't have any problems running it in the headliner. It was great in VHF and UHF. I think I paid around $20 per mount with 15 ft of coax and a mini UHF connector.

-Yosh

Chris wrote:Cushcraft makes a mount with a low-loss "ultralink" cable. Perhaps that is the name you heard.

We exclusively use this Cushcraft mount here in KC fleetwide (except for FD stuff with the thick roof). Cable has teflon on inner conductor, foil & a major stranded shield. Can be a real pain to install the connector of your choice.

Ken in KC

I run all hi power spectras in my toyota pick up truck and one syntor x9000 all have the A9 head. I unsoder the crap cable and put on a new chunk of rg 142 the teflon cable and it works great. It is small in diameter and holds hi power stuff with ease. Some use it for a short jumper in a repeater install to a antenna or to a duplexer. I use it in my truck and works great.