[Vwdiesel] 2 way radio antenna placement

[Arnie Grubbs]

I don't think you will have a problem with it.  Although you
should be careful not to hit the powerlines and coax going to
the VW amplified antenna on the roof.  I placed my antenna on
the trunk lid with a motorola NMO style mount thru the trunk.

I can run 50 watts on VHF and 35 watts on UHF thru the antenna
there with no problems.  I DO have a problem with a trunk mounted
HF rig, running 50-100 watts on 3.9 Mhz causes the rear defogger
inidcator on the dash to light up.

One thing nice about the VE-37 pump on these TDI cars, it is very
quiet electricaly compared to reports that I have heard about
the common-rail type systems on the PS and new cummins engines.

Been thinking about getting a new "SUV" in a year or so and have been
wondering about electrical noise with the new V-10 TDI. I hope that
it is as quiet as my Jetta.

Arnie G

> From: Val Christian <val at swamps.roc.ny.us>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 05:42:00 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] 2 way radio antenna placement
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can comment on 2 way radio antenna placement
> on a TDI.  I have an '03 Jetta TDI, which lacks installed ham radio
> equipment.  I'd like to install a dual-band radio 2m (146mHz) and
> 70cm (445mHz), and a permanently mounted antenna.  I'm considering placing
>
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