NMO antenna mount installation highlights
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I show highlight from installing a 3/8" NMO style antenna mount on my old 2001 dodge dakota.
I show highlight from installing a 3/8" NMO style antenna mount on my old 2001 dodge dakota.
Great video, very helpful! To the point, not 45 minutes long yet covered all the bases. I will be installing one of these on my 2008 Ram 1500 this weekend. Thanks for the instructional video. 73
Excellent! I recently bought a 99 Dakota club cab and have been considering switching from a mag mount to something like this. This helped me out a lot with how to take apart the interior. Thanks!
JackstandJohnny - I had a 1999 Dakota extended cab as well. Started out with a Larsen dual band glass mount... it was a POS. After owning the truck for 3 years, bought it new in 99, I decided to drill not one but two holes. Removed the interior light for one hole and removed the third brake light to get SC to drill the second. First hole was for my dual band radio and second one was for my scanner. I highly recommend roof hole mounts, can’t beat them for ground plane, lower SWR, etc.
Very good! I now understand how the NMO mount works, thanks!
I have a 2m/70cm on the same fender mount. Going to move it to the roof and putting a 12/11/10m whip on the fender mount. looks very similar to what Im doing except Im going to install the IC-706 MKIIG (or -7100 if I can afford to later). Thank you so much for showing me the way!!
I would have pinched the crap out of my fingers using NN plyers for that ! Good job !
I wished you would have shown the standing wave match, but still an excellent video Rob. Thanks! One of the BEST BEST BEST channels on YT! 73, KFPCT
Thanks for the kind words!
just passed my Technician exam today. i have a Diamond x50 antenna in my house but i want to upgrade my mobile set up. your video was straight forward i think ill be getting a Larsen NMO hard mount kit with a Larsen 19" antenna
Congratulations and welcome to ham radio! The Larsen antenna will work well for you. I have one on my other car and it had worked flawlessly for over 7 years
Funny I want to hook a permanent nmo mount on my 01 dakota. So I looked up how to install a nmo mount and you were the first video to come up. Now I know exactly what to do thanks!!
Cool! Good luck!
Thanks! parts should be here friday will be doing it this weekend
@@Stevestefano85 what part exactly do you find funny?
Alec the part I found funny is I looked up how to install a permanent nmo mount and the first video to show up was how to install one on a Dodge Dakota which is the same exact vehicle I wanted to install mine on
Thank you for the video, I got the same coax for my install, and was told to drill a 3/4" hole! I said the post was 3/8" and was still told to make a 3/4" hole. Next up building a fender mount as no one make them for a TIguan.
There are two types of NMO mounts. The "real" NMO mounts do need a 3/4" hole. The other version (shown in this video) which is not truly an NMO mount uses a 3/8" hole. I prefer the 3/8 version myself although I do believe the true 3/4" NMO mount is supposed to perform slightly better and be a bit more stable for longer antennas. Thanks for watching and good luck with your antenna project!
3/4 is the real one wha cop use to have there so the metal can come out
Yup the bard got be outside that’s why it’s 3/4
that was extremely satisfying
Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing 741!
Nice work
I have very leery of drilling hole on top of roof for cellular antenna. Afraid of water leaks good job
That is the best place to mount one, and you will get the best radiation pattern there. 73 from N8VO
just info for ya / the nylon washer is for centering the mount in the 3/4 in hole. on a 3/8 installation just the rubber o ring gasket is nessary
Actually, on the 3/8" mount the washer is used to fill the gap that is under the top part of the mount and keep the metal flat under the mount.
Very interesting. Thanks! What do you usually do when you have to enter a commercial parking garage that has a height limit? (Say, at an airport or a supermarket)
I live in a rural area and this old truck isn't driven to the "city". However, on rare occasions I have to hop out and remove the antenna when driving on an old woods road to avoid low hanging branches.
I want to roof-mount an antenna that's a little over five feet long. I imagine wind resistance at highway speeds stands a good chance of distorting the roof, with an antenna that long, so I'm thinking about adding a big stiff disc of metal around the NMO mount just under the roof. I haven't figured out exactly what big stiff disc of metal, yet, but I know my father has a couple of old, dull 10" table-saw blades that he hasn't thrown away, and I find that interesting.
That might work but also might loosen up over time.
@@SevenFortyOne Sounds like a job for blue Loctite.
What brand mount did you use? I was going to use a 3/4” but since I can get to the bottom side I’d rather use the 3/8”.
I'm not sure....it was new but I got it at a ham radio flea market from Quicksilver ham radio supplies
Im going to be doing this to my f150 soon. How much of an increase in reception did you gain?
There isn't much of an increase .... But moving the antenna helps it have a more predictable radiation pattern. In my case it also got the coax connection out of 5he weather.
I put some silicon around the mount so rain water doesn't get in there
right on the package it states that the nylon washer is to be discarded if 3/8 hole is used.using the nylon washer defeats the purpose of rubber o ring.it does not make water tight seal to vehicle body.
+David Anthony on my mount you have to drill a 3/8 hole, there is no other option. Also, the brass mount is not flat on the bottom so the nylon washer fills the gap so that the metal of the car doesn't pucker when tightened. I've installed a bunch of these this way and never had a drop of water get in. Maybe your mount is different than mine.
Excellent video. Any water leaks?
Thanks!.....and no leaks.
I’m back watching this again. I am about to order mobile equipment and am looking for NMO mount installs. I am curious on which drill bit or hole saw did you use for the hole? All the best. 73 de KI5HXM
You must not have seen where I showed it in the video...I used a step drill from Harbor Freight
@@SevenFortyOne oh sorry I thought it would be in description. See what happens when you assume? Haha. By the way we will be in Connecticut in March. Are you close to Oxford?
No worries...I usually do put links when I have them. This is an older video too so I wasn't quite as detailed about explaining things back then. I'm in the opposite corner of the state from Oxford
@@SevenFortyOne oh probably wouldn’t work to meet up then. Maybe one day it will work out to meet you and purchase your favorite beverage. I was thinking of going to Dayton or Orlando this year.
@@SevenFortyOne I have identified a good placement for my NMO mount. There is a dome light which will give me access. Thanks for all your assistance. 73!
I think that bard around the mount got also go outright supposed to be 3/4 bro
Where can you find a mount like you have that is mounted under the hood?
Try one of the ham radio accessory resellers like quicksilver, hro, or giga parts
What kinda antenna??
Had me up until the needle nose pliers. Got wrench?
no man should fear the crescent wrench
What type of radio is this for CB or ham?
ham
Is metal needed or can it b mounted to a plastic box ?
That depends on the antenna you plan to use and how strong you need the mount to be
@@SevenFortyOne gmrs ghost antenna
Boy you really scratched all the clear coat off....!
It peeled off on its own
Also, no offense, but you forgot to properly ground the NMO mount to the roof of your truck by not scraping off the paint where the bottom section of the NMO mount makes contact with the vehicles metal within the interior(NOT THE EXTERIOR) of the roof. Vehicle paint is thick and will not allow for 100% proper grounding. The performance of the antenna will be much better with proper grounding. THIS ADVICE IS FOR ANTENNAS REQUIRING A GROUND PLANE but if your NMO antenna does not require a ground plane, it won't make any difference to scrape or not to scrape paint off. 📻🤓⚠
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