kogar
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- JD
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- Mar 2, 2018
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- Location
- Cedar Park, TX
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- JLUR EcoDiesel
Yeah, I was considering mentioning this. I "solved" this by mounting my Comet antennas (One for Ham, other for GMRS) with Comet lip mounts at the midpoint along each side of the hood. That keeps good distance for RF issues. As a guy who got brain damage in the military due to RF issues (basically, my brain was non-fatally microwaved -- if it was fatally, I'd probably type a lot worse now ), I can attest that RF can damage you in unexpected ways (the whole "RF Burn" takes on a different meaning when the microwaves are trying to melt your brain from the center-outwards)One potential issue is that location puts the antenna fairly close to your head, so transmitting 50w might be an RF exposure risk. Lower power wouldn’t be a problem. Gory details (chart 4a gives recommended distances) http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet65/oet65b.pdf
I guessed that was your approach. One thing I've learned is that there's enough room to route RG-58 (or similar) through the top side-cowling and into the interior just under the windshield.i went through the firewall using a hole for the clutch pedal (covered by a blanking plate if you have an automatic) https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/comms-mule-ham-gmrs-and-cb-install.57392/
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