[CRAPRS] mounting suggestions

[Ron Tonneson]

That sounds like a good way to do it.  I stuck mine to the dash with some self adhesive hook and 
loop.

Ron

bsmccoy at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
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> I did a couple APRS  installs this week, and found out that from the 
> trunk of both cars, you can slide the GPS antenna up through the back 
> deck metal and under the back deck cardboard near the base of the rear 
> window.  This affords an invisible inside GPS antenna installation.  The 
> antenna apparently sees the sky just fine, as they were working well 
> inside the garage.  Both antennas were mag mount patches, but wouldn't 
> need to be magnetically attached, as the deck material holds the 
> antennas quite firmly.
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> Just thought  you would like to know.  I was half tempted to drive the 2 
> meter 1/4 wave whip up through that material, and keep it just  inside 
> the back window as well, but it is still an external mag mount antenna. 
>  The TX antenna is in need of a real mount, probably off the trunk hinge.
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> Bryan
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