Re: [A/S] Cell Phone Antenna

[Jerry Flanders <jflanders2@xxxxxxxx>]

You will get plenty of capacitive coupling from the plate to the AS skin to 
provide the proper RF ground for the antenna, as long as you glue the plate 
directly to the skin without any spacers in there. That is why I mentioned 
"thin layer". The base doesn't actually have to be electrically connected 
to the plate - the magnet will provide tight coupling. Also, the plate 
doesn't have to be electrically connected to the AS.

I mounted both a 2 meter ham antenna and my cell phone antenna to (opposite 
ends of) that previous trailer this way. Worked fine, stayed there for years.

Jerry W4UK