Collapsible magnetic antenna mount

A collapsible antenna mount comprising:

• support means,
• a pair of elongated arms each having proximate and distal ends, each of said elongated arms being supported at its proximate end by said support means,
• interconnecting means at least partially including said support means pivotally interconnecting said elongated arms at the proximate ends thereof, said interconnecting means permitting relative pivotal movement of said elongated arms between a collapsed configuration in which the distal ends of said arms are in proximity and a deployed configuration in which the distal ends of said arms are spaced-apart from each other, said interconnecting means further including means for establishing and limiting the included angle between said pair of arms in said deployed configuration,
• said support means providing a mounting point adjacent the proximate ends of said elongated arms and each of said elongated arms providing a mounting point adjacent the distal end thereof, and
• a plurality of magnetic means each located at a respective one of said mounting points for magnetically attaching the antenna mount to a metallic surface,
• said support means further comprising means for supporting a rod antenna in an upright position substantially normal to the plane established by said mounting points, and said support means having an at least slightly elongated configuration in substantially the plane established by said mounting points, said elongated configuration extending away from the distal ends of said elongated arms along an axis substantially bisecting the included angle between said arms in said deployed configuration, and said elongated configuration including air deflection means at the end thereof remote from the distal ends of said arms.