CB Antenna

[PWelsh]

Has anyone come up with a good place to mount a CB antenna that's not in the bed of the truck? I used to always mount it on the mirrors; however, I see no way to do that with the trailer towing mirrors. Due to racks and stuff I can not place it in the bed. The roof is out too, stuff extends over that area. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Paul Welsh

 

[dieselshu]

cb Antenna mount

Paul, here is where I mounted mine. I dont have the part number available but its a firestik ant and mount. you can find more info about them on the Firestik website at Firestik antenna



Antenna mount location



Here is a pictue with the hood up...

antenna mount 2





Dave

 

[PWelsh]

Dave: Thanks so much for the information and pictures. I found the site, will order one today. I really appreciate the photos.

Paul

 

[dieselshu]

Glad to be of help!

 

[tURBOdIEZEl]

i had the firestik cb mount at one time, was unable to get a good enough ground to drop my SWR's. im now using a 102" steel whip mounted on my rear ranch hand bumper.

ive also had great success with my wilson 5000 trucker antenna on a mag mount. hope that info helps.

 

[SOLER]

Has anyone come up with a good place to mount a CB antenna that's not in the bed of the truck? I used to always mount it on the mirrors; however, I see no way to do that with the trailer towing mirrors. Due to racks and stuff I can not place it in the bed. The roof is out too, stuff extends over that area. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Paul Welsh

Not sure what kind of racks you have, but why not mount it on the rack? I put mine on my headache rack.



See my readers rig pics.



SOLER

 

[barkerdl]

Grounding Antenna

Run a short piece of coax braid or other braided cable from the mount to a good ground - should really help the SWR match problems. I had a Firestick mount on a previous truck and it came with a short piece of braid for that purpose.



Dennis KD7ZAL

 

[JCrank]

On my last truck I added additional grounds with 4 ga cable; bed to frame, cab to frame.