Review on 🔧 Browning WSPBR10353 5/8 NMO Mount Magnet,Black - Enhanced Signal Performance for Easy Antenna Mounting by Anthony Arcos

This magnetic mount holds my Laird Duell Band antenna for a long time with no problems. The SWR on the antenna is very good and if I want to hide it I just take it off and throw it in the tailgate of the car. I liked it so much I bought another one, this was the second one I've bought. I bought another one from Revain but it didn't have enough room to securely hold my antenna. This one has enough holding power. Just be sure to clean and wax the surface of the car where you will be attaching the magnetic mount, trapping dirt underneath will ruin the paintwork over time. This applies to all magnetic mounts. If I could find a way to safely disassemble the headliner I would mount the antenna in metal. This would be the best way to install a permanent mobile antenna. Magnetic mounts are great for travel and mounting on rental cars. You can get power from a low and even medium wattage cigarette lighter plug, most of them can't handle high wattage and will either blow a fuse or heat up with prolonged use. This only applies to rental cars, for your own car get battery power and make sure to secure the connection. Any good radio amateur knows this, so this information is for everyone else. UPDATE: My antenna coaxial cable broke while my car was being loaded with a safe. I went to fix it, took the old cable and replaced it with a new one. I cut a hole in the bottom cover's white tape and saw two rusty screws. I took it apart but a bolt broke and the whole interior it was attached to was covered in rust. The moral of the story is when you buy this mount, take the bottom white plastic strap as the bottom and cut off the middle inch or an inch and a half, you will feel it. Take it off and make sure everything is ok, then fill it with silicone to keep water out. Then make sure you have a good seal around the bottom. I will say you get what you pay for and the best way to install an NMO will always be to cut a hole in the roof. Second update: I disassembled everything, bought a new coaxial cable and replaced the rusty screws and rusty steel plate with all stainless steel parts. The case is aluminum so I lightly sanitized it and gave it a satin rustoleum finish so it now looks new again. Stainless steel screws are just a threaded part with no head so I bought two 10x32 stainless steel screws and cut them to the right length and then made a cut at the top for a screwdriver. You need to screw the stainless steel screws into the top, then solder the new coax cable to the brass connector that runs over the stainless steel studs, and then use two stainless steel nuts to tighten it to the top. Then the base piece drilled my new stainless steel plate with holes in it to fit what came out of the antenna. It is secured at the top with two stainless steel nylock nuts. Finally the magnet is glued to the board with epoxy, then some kind of cover is put on top and finally the rubber cover is put on. I want to replace the rubber floor that touches my paint, it has dried out a bit. In general, the antenna mount is now explosion-proof and should easily last another 20 years. Do yourself a favor and take yours apart and do the same because if you leave it out in the rain it will turn into a pile of rust.