Spectra Motorcycle weathproof enclosure - Antenna Question
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:15 pm
I am new to all of this.
I have a 2003 Harley Police model with a Motorola Spectra Weatherproof Enclosure installed.
I have a Spectra Radio, control head etc, that I am getting ready to install.
It is set to run the 438 - 470 MHz range.
The enclosure has a large metal ground plane inside. It has a 3/4 inch hole in the metal plate, waiting for a drill through of the fiberglass through which the antenna is installed.
I do not know the correct antenna. I see a motorola RAE4024ARB listed as an XTL5000 accesory chart. Could this be it?
If not, another member here suggested an NMO mount with which he had success, and then an antenna of proper frequency range.
Is it really just this simple? Buy a mount that goes through the box, and then a correct range antenna? Does it matter that the box has that large ground plane inside? Does the mount matter for frequency or only the antenna.
Sorry for the long post. But I am truly dumb at this.
Thanks,
Ken
I have a 2003 Harley Police model with a Motorola Spectra Weatherproof Enclosure installed.
I have a Spectra Radio, control head etc, that I am getting ready to install.
It is set to run the 438 - 470 MHz range.
The enclosure has a large metal ground plane inside. It has a 3/4 inch hole in the metal plate, waiting for a drill through of the fiberglass through which the antenna is installed.
I do not know the correct antenna. I see a motorola RAE4024ARB listed as an XTL5000 accesory chart. Could this be it?
If not, another member here suggested an NMO mount with which he had success, and then an antenna of proper frequency range.
Is it really just this simple? Buy a mount that goes through the box, and then a correct range antenna? Does it matter that the box has that large ground plane inside? Does the mount matter for frequency or only the antenna.
Sorry for the long post. But I am truly dumb at this.
Thanks,
Ken