[Elecraft] OT: VHF radio in Tesla Model S

[Walter Underwood]

Attempting to answer the original question, the Model S roof is mostly aluminum, so mag mounts don’t work. Some people have used the roof rack for a mount. Others use trunk lip mounts.

The cigarette lighter outlet has a 15A fuse, which might not be enough for some mobile rigs.

This Google search has discussion on several Tesla forums as the first few hits:

https://www.google.com/webhp?ie=UTF-8#q=tesla%20mobile%20antenna%20installation

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> On Oct 6, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> 
> It was entirely tongue-in-cheek. See my followup posting. I'm a huge supporter of E-cars in general. I'm just jealous.
> 
> Wayne ("off-topic"), N6KR
> 
> 
> On Oct 6, 2015, at 11:10 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> That seems like a pretty mean-spirited snipe at a company that has arguably done more to bring electric vehicles into the mainstream than any other.  Other companies may have higher volume and lower cost models out there, but Tesla is the first one with the conviction to prove it can be successful as a standalone business instead of just a side offering to satisfy EPA average mileage requirements.  Certainly Tesla has started at the top end of the food chain to do so, but their focus is headed toward the larger market ... demonstrating along the way that electric vehicles don't need to be the underpowered laughing stocks they were typically portrayed as.
>> 
>> Dave   AB7E
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>> 
>> 
>> On 10/6/2015 10:41 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>>> 
>>> As for any engineer rumored to own a Tesla: Who am I to comment on whether they should raid their retirement nest-eggs to buy overpriced, overpowered, conspicuously consumptive, middle-age-postponing sports sedans? (Isn't the 'T' for Testosterone, something always in short supply? Might a Tesla be partially covered by the prescription drug clause in one's medical insurance?)
>>> 
>>> Finally, regarding the mobile radio: Go for it. Driving a Tesla, you may very well find yourself outside the cellphone network and many miles from that elusive next charging station.
>>> 
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>> 
> 
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