UHF Antenna

I have a magnetic base for mine, sits on top of my ute cabin roof. Works good, but the antenna lead is fed into the cabin through the small quarter window on the drivers side. You should be able to buy the base separate, the antenna just screws onto it. Can't remember where I bought mine, that was 25 yrs ago. Cheers.

G'day Kilcowera Station.

You can buy a magnetic base and fit a screw on UHF antenna no problems. You will need to run the coax from the base into your vehicle, which I presume you do know.
No sure where you would buy one but where you bought the gutter mount may be a start.

Cheers
David

GME do a magnetic

Mag mount

Might do the trick.
It has a thinner cable so you can maybe tape it in the door surrounding in to the cab
Cheers
Mike

Depending what type of mirrors you have you can buy mirror brackets.

Why not use a gutter mount again??

GME manufacture them - GME Gutter Mount

Cheers Kev

Maybe just but a better quality gutter mount, Michael

Yes you can purchase them GME part number AB406 and then fit a suitable antenna.

However long term use of a magnetic base have an effect on paint work and possibly metal sub surface. Plus it also attracts iron oxides which will also rub on paintwork.

I'm not a great fan of GME products period, the antennas are built light on and often have a sine wave effect when traversing on rough roads - I broke one steel wound spring steel unit inside 1 1/2 days, and think the fibreglass replacement I sourced had a hairline fracture within 1 week.

Probably a better idea to think out side the square fit up a minesite bar with the hi mount brake indicators etc -wire them up so they work, and use this as a antenna mount instead.

No drilling of holes and antenna is usually very short as well.

Company i used to work for did many hiace people movers (tall roof 6 foot plus stand upright in it) like this for BHP and FMG and worked well.

For antennas we only used RFI which is trade only but any radio comms outlet should be able to supply a suitable antenna for mounting this method.

We used CD51-68-73 for the UHF this has been superseded but is still available without coax cable for "field repairs" on site CD51-68-70 field tune-able ideally with SWR meter but can be cut using a cutting chart.

This antenna is a ground independent so designed with a load coil and can be mounted on less than optimal locations ie bull bar mirror mount brackets etc.

Prestige Communications in Perth offer "prestigious service", fast despatch & good pricing too.

Haven't checked their site for a while, but am sure they would offer a magnetic mount. In regards to fixing it on the roof, a small patch of thin plastic between the body & mount will stop any problems mentioned earlier.

Bob

Thanks for all your replies. Dean K3 how about you come and fix it up for us? What you say sounds good, but a bit beyond my limited electronic knowledge! but you have all given me some options to consider. The gutter mount that we had was not spring loaded and it just cracked. Will get onto it when next in Toowoomba. Or buy something online. Any more good suggestions as to where to buy would be appreciated. I don't care how the aerial is mounted as long as it works! Toni

I see there are 2 magnetic ones the AE4020 and the AE4026 on that GME website. Would one be better? More powerful? Or just more expensive?

Buy this Toni

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ANTENNA-LEAD-MAGNETIC-BASE-ASSEMBLY-UNIVERSAL-UHF-CB-BAND-RADIO-UNIDEN-4784/401098051971?epid=1264033717&hash=item5d634e9183:g:IW4AAOSweM1aE9Nx

Its very small, less visible, and its cable is less than half thickness of others so it can go under door rubbers easily.