Antenna's in grill

firemedic4 · Post by **firemedic4** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:50 pm

I'm trying not to drill holes in my truck, Has anyone ever put antenna's in the grill . Thanks Bob

What does everyone think about decal antenna's ?

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:13 pm

Antennas in the grille? That's going to be exceedingly directional and generally sucky. Decal antennas are about as bad.

If you can't drill holes, look at L-bracketing something off the trunk or hood lips. Otherwise, man up and drill a hole.

Bruce1807 · Post by **Bruce1807** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:45 pm

I used bumper antennas but cant remember from who.

A quick search brings http://www.licenseplateantenna.com

Of course you need a plastic bumper or it wont work.
We used them on spook vehicles on 800 Mhz and they worked great.

HLA · Post by **HLA** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 am

you could try the stick on glass mount cell phone look alikes, i put them on dea cars all the time. if you use a 3db gain one it should make up for the loss thru the glass.

bellersley · Post by **bellersley** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:43 am

Up here in the white north, a popular place for disguise antennas is a thick-metal NMO mount upside down in the rear near the bumper. This is for an agency on UHF, so the antennas aren't all that big. It has pretty crappy range, but this is for VIP/Executive protection on simplex, so we're only talking about 1000ft distances.

You might try looking at a Comprod or Sti-Co hidden antenna, they work very well.

firemedic4 · Post by **firemedic4** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:49 am

thanks to all for your help....

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:56 pm

Bruce1807 wrote:snip>

A quick search brings http://www.licenseplateantenna.com

They also make a coupler and cable assembley that replaces your factory AM/FM rod antenna. Jeff Cherry is the contact there at Western Mobile.

Bruce1807 wrote:snip>

on spook vehicles.

WHAT????

Bruce1807 · Post by **Bruce1807** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:03 pm

James Bond types!
Sorry if it was misinterpreted.

OCSD117 · Post by **OCSD117** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:47 am

I use trunk lip mount antennas and they work well...NO HOLES

Whatever1 · Post by **Whatever1** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:55 am

For a glass mount that will handle 100 watts try Stico in Orchard Park, NY

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:33 pm

wow, talk about a window defroster!

High_order1 · Post by **High_order1** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:52 pm

dude......

just do it. It's not truly yours until you put the first couple of holes in it...

Sorry, lost my train of thought. (good teevee for once.) All those other mounts are for people who need stealth over effective radiation pattern. Or are on a lease program... lol

Unless you are in a good coverage area, and don't ever plan on being ever on the fringes, best bet is to pop a hole in it.

-Shawn

EPC_1111 · Post by **EPC_1111** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:15 pm

Your best bet would be an OEM replacement antenna. Motorola warns to pump no more than 10 (ten) watts through a glassmount.

firemedic4 · Post by **firemedic4** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:23 am

Well Guy's i made holes after all.. Just a few less then my other truck but the radios work great... Thanks for all your input and help..

Res168cue · Post by **Res168cue** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:40 pm

swiss cheese again huh???

firemedic4 · Post by **firemedic4** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:23 pm

Nope just 3 holes not 8 again...

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