[TVARC] UHF/VHF ANTENNA ON GOLF CART

[John Spoonhower]

Also watch the vertical extension of an antenna mounted on the roof top.
The cart tunnels here (especially in the north end of TV) do not offer a
lot of clearance.
John, NX2I

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM, John Ellis <john.np2b at gmail.com> wrote:

> Earle,
>
> You could put a regular mobile roof mount thru the
> fiberglass top and cement a few radials to the roof
> of the cart since you never see the top of the cart.
> You can put a rubber hole plug in the hole when
> you sell or trade the cart.
>
> Also another thing to remember is that the cart with a
> mobile antenna mounted to the roof may extend above
> the garage door opening since the golf cart is rather tall.
>
> The thru-glass would probably work fine if you can get
> past the lip or overhang of the roof.
>
> Just my 2¢.
>
> John, NP2B
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 6:43 PM, Frank <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good question Earle. In my car “Up North”, I used a “through the window”
>> antenna - maybe from Comet. No connection to a ground plane. It worked very
>> nicely with no problems onto any repeaters. One on the windshield of a golf
>> cart should work very nicely.
>>
>> Frank KA1AF
>>
>> Have a Great Day
>>
>> > On Apr 23, 2018, at 2:32 PM, Earle <earleiphone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> > Has anyone tried using a VHF/UHF antenna on a golf cart. If so how did
>> you deal with grounding?
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
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