Jim Cathey wrote: > A trunk-mount antenna base, sans mast, could have been for anything. > CB, car phone, etc. Without the mast you can't even get much of an > idea what wavelength it was for. >
When I had my 300D Turbo I put an antenna mount on the center of the trunk lid for a 2m band amateur radio transceiver. (The actual mount was a standard NMO style that would accept any number of antennas.) Placed exactly in the center of the trunklid, the mast would clear the roof with the trunk fully open. If I had the long 5/8-wave one on I had to be a little gentle, though, because it would whip around and tap the roof if I threw the lid open too fast. I didn't put the mount on the roof because I was afraid of drilling into part of the sunroof mechanism. I used to use mag-mounts a lot, but I don't like them for semi-permanent use because they invariably end up damaging the paint. If that's going to happen anyway, I'd rather just drill a hole and put in a fixed mount, because at least then I can do a neat, intentional-looking job of it. For cars I just couldn't bear to drill into, I've used glass-mount antennas.
