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echo: scanners
to: JONATHAN GUY
from: TROY H. CHEEK
date: 1996-10-20 19:56:00
subject: Re: Antenna

Concerning _Antenna_, Jonathan Guy said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO:
 JG> Ouch!   Oh well, if he had it Professionally installed he'll have
 JG> enough money from a frivilous law-suit to purchase several new
 JG> scanners   :)
I've always installed my own radios, speakers, etc.  When I got a scanner, it 
seemed only natural to install it myself.  Ditto with the CB.  I don't think 
it ever occurred to me to try a professional.
 JG> What was wrong with the first one?  Does the bracket accept the
 JG> diameter of the antenna?
The bracket I was looking for had a C-shaped section that routed the coax 
around the edge of the trunklid while at the same time completely protecting 
it from getting crushed, rubbed, crimped, etc.  Actually, what I wanted (and 
ended up ordering) was the exact same bracket that came with my trunk-mount 
CB antenna.  So I called up Tandy and said I broke my old one and wanted a 
new one.  :-)
The bracket won't actually hold the antenna.  It's just so I can securely and 
safely route the coax to the magnetic-mount scanner antenna I've been wanting 
to use as a permanent fixture on the car.  Routed through that bracket, I 
suspect the magnet can let go and the antenna still won't rip my scanner out 
of the car.
... Lawyer Xing.  Speed up!
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