Antenna Mounting: A four Magnet Mag-mount in a 2x2 array sitting on top
of the roof with the Antenna mounted in the Center
I Don't use the Rig in the Car on a very frequent basis so I don't want to
drill any holes per se or any other things that would cause the XYL to complain.
When I key up the Rig, I'll get a real good RF shock if I touch the metal
bracket on my microphone. I've tried just about everything I know to cure the
problem. First I ran a good sized power cable direct from the battery (about
10 ga. wire) for both the Power and ground for the rig. I should note that I
did install a radio shack automotive RFI filter (rated at about 40 amps) in line near the battery. Second, I ran a separate ground cable (about 10 ga. again
thinking it would minimize as much as I could any inductance in that path) about 4 ft. long and grounded it to a bolt which ties one of the front seats to the
floor of the car (and therefore the car body) and connected the other end to the wingnut ground on the case of the rig. Third, I ran a separate wire, about 12-14ga. up to a wingnut I installed at the magmount base of the antenna, thinking
that the antenna wasn't coupling properly to the body of the car (thinking it was supposed to capicitively couple to the roof through the magnets-and thier
vinyl protecting pads) and attached the other end to the same grounding point
on the Radio. I have experimented with disconnecting the base grounding wire
at the antenna base end and reconnecting it- to no avail, and have found the
using the internal antenna tuner (after tuning the antenna to at least 2:1 or
even better SWR). Any suggestions? I would appreciate any help especially
from those who have delt with these kinds of problems running mobile before.
