so239 mounting

deaglan169

hi im looking for some info on mounting a so239 body mount i havent bought one yet but was wondering what size hole would i need to drill in the roof, i was going to take out the fm antenna and it uses a 15mm hole would it fit in there?

watty

Depends on the type of connector.
I'd put a large plate on top and washer under side of bodywork hole with sealing casket, unless you are only going to have very small whip.

The bulkhead connectors with large nut on back tend to be weak and pop off. I'd use the type with 4 screws in corner unless small aerial and you are sure of quality.

deaglan169

it wouldnt be a huge whip but at same time would catch a good amount of wind, can you send me a pic or link of the mount you are talking about just cant picture it

watty

http://www.techcables.com/uhf-female-jack-so-239-panel-chassis-mount-connector-p-126.html


NO endorsment. just a Google

fatboymsport

you would want to drive some rust bucket to mount one of these on the roof



:rolleyes:


look into a magmount or bootlip mount unless you really need to go drilling holes in your car as the are not easy fixed when you go to sell it.

deaglan169

there seems to be some confusement in this thread it is an actual sirio body mount i want to fit a propper on i was wondering what size mounting hole is required like this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SO239-HIGH-QUALITY-LEAD-AND-MOUNT_W0QQitemZ270384248711QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConsumerElectronics_SpecialistRadioEquipment_SM?hash=item270384248711&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

watty

Those things usually have rubbish coax.


Infact I've had to replace the coax on nearly every magmount...

I have 4 magmounts

a big one with SO238 for dual band whip 2m/70cm
a similar size screw mount for all band mil radio using CB whip 1.8MHz to 30MHz

A really big tripple magnet SO328 for a quite big 10m/6m dual whip or large fibre pole. Works 40m to 6m on Auto ATU and 160M to 10m on mil rig.

I bought a clip on hatchback/gutter mount, but it wouldn't screw on anywhere. Works on a landrover

deaglan169

what my plan was is to remove the existing fm aerial and slot in a so239 mount instead as i dont want drilling the bodywork my car is a seat leon which has no where to mount a so239 bootlip instead im using a small pmr mount a 5/8th wave pmr antenna but every 3 months the coax rubs itself to tatters on the bodywork between boot and panel, so if the roofmount worked out i was gonna run it into a duplexer one output 2/70 and the other 6m and run that into my stereo headunit it should work in theory!!!