Nmo On Roof

I had installed a nice nmo mount myself for the quarter dipole antenna and wired the power directly to the battery with inline fuses.

Nmo on roof.

This is corrected video on installing an nmo vehicle antenna mount. At the time of install the ex was about 4 years old so i didn t mind drilling a hole in the roof for the nmo mount and fishing power wires through the firewall. This install might not have been possible with the normal 3 4in mount but this mount was easier to maneuver into position. I share the results below.

This would be used to mount an antenna on a roof of a vehicle. Here is a good website for calculating whip antenna lengths. The nmo mount has teeth on the bottom piece which make a good firm connection to the metal of the roof top. This nmo mount was perfect for the job i needed it for this was installed in the roof of a 2015 nissan frontier and the 3 8 in hole and thin design were wonderful.

4 6 out of 5 stars 53. Despite the bad rap magnetic mount antennas often get they do work pretty well for vhf and up see previous post for details. Tram 1250 nmo 3 4 17 feet rg58 coax cable roof mount antenna surface with uhf pl259 connector for yaesu kenwood hyt vertex icom mobile radios. Nmo mounts are different than the standard 3 8 x 24 threaded mounts and offer a different mounting style which accept nmo style antennas.

Get 10 flat rate for us shipping and 45 flat rate for international shipping. Nmo product information is a bit misleading so i bought several varieties to figure out the details. An typical nmo mount is generally already connected to the coax popular with emergency vehicles such as police cars nmo style antenna mounts offer flexibility with a variety of mounting options. This is certainly a great ground connection for the coaxial cable shield currents but the capacitive coupling of a magnetic antenna works pretty well too.