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So, I was considering the purchase of one of these. Question, would the aluminum skin be enough of a ground plane if I wanted to have someone sink an NMO mount or two into it?

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When we have done trailers with thin skin we have added thickness from beneath and even added wood blocking... If its even a question Im betting it will rip right out.


Roofing supply outlets usually have rolled aluminum that can be used for such mods...

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"A well regulated breakfast, being necessary to the healthy start of the day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed."

... but yes, electrically the ground plane is fine.

Please tell me you're not hitching the wagon and towing that....

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And he's heading for Crakima.

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To drive it off a cliff.

I love it...

Nothing less than a Dodge 1-ton with four wheels on the back axle with a Come-a-part Cummins will do.
:chaingun:

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Remind me to tell you a better way to get back down from Mailbox Peak.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
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Bunnery definition for the under-fives

Does it involve words such as "Chinook" "Bell" or "Huey"?

No, more like "Ouch", "Compound Fracture" and "OhgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodMORPHINEDRIPaaahhhhhhhhhh".

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

Why not just do the pizza pie pan and mag-mount thing?
Throw it up in camp.
Holes in the roof won't help with re-sale.

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Don't care about the re-sale value; not planning on selling it. Besides, a plug and some silicon for insurance filling a 1" hole wouldn't be a problem.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

If it was me, I would get a right angle bracket with a NMO hole and screw it onto the side of the camper or a C braket and screw it on top. If it was just aluminum skin, you could do it but not with wood backing on the skin (Too thick). With the comm coaches and trailers that I help on, we have a piece of metal that looks like a gutter that is upside down that is screwed onto the roof with drill holes for NMO mounts.

I have a 3/4" hole saw if you want to use it.

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