CB antenna mounting help
#21
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Boone NC
Posts: 79
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Does this mounting location clear the rear door? ie can you open the door without the antenna hassling you?
#22
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 90
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm thinking about moving up to the hood area on the passenger side. Maye drop down to a 3".
That's a really nice looking mount! Very well made.
#23
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Gee, everyone has an opinion.
trd...
1) Make sure if you mount on the bumper it's top loaded and above your roof line.
2) You don't need a spring. A simple screw in mounted antenna is best.
3) Make sure your mount is grounded well to the chassis.
4) Use an SWR meter to fine tune the antenna
5) Make sure you run a *direct*
connection to your battery for the negative and the positive wires.
6) For better "hearing" you might consider a remote speaker mounted around your head area.
TJMWO,
gNARLS
trd...
1) Make sure if you mount on the bumper it's top loaded and above your roof line.
2) You don't need a spring. A simple screw in mounted antenna is best.
3) Make sure your mount is grounded well to the chassis.
4) Use an SWR meter to fine tune the antenna
5) Make sure you run a *direct*
connection to your battery for the negative and the positive wires.
6) For better "hearing" you might consider a remote speaker mounted around your head area.
TJMWO,
gNARLS
#24
Registered User
Gee, everyone has an opinion.
trd...
1) Make sure if you mount on the bumper it's top loaded and above your roof line.
2) You don't need a spring. A simple screw in mounted antenna is best.
4) Use an SWR meter to fine tune the antenna
5) Make sure you run a *direct*
connection to your battery for the negative and the positive wires.
trd...
1) Make sure if you mount on the bumper it's top loaded and above your roof line.
2) You don't need a spring. A simple screw in mounted antenna is best.
4) Use an SWR meter to fine tune the antenna
5) Make sure you run a *direct*
connection to your battery for the negative and the positive wires.
The antenna that you truly want to avoid when you cannot mount your antenna on the roof seems to be the ones that are the most popular here which is the Fire stick antenna.
2. There is nothing wrong with a spring on a ridged fiberglass antenna as long as its one of the Hustler brand springs that has a copper strap from top to the bottom taking the spring out of the circuit.
4. A SWR meter is a handy thing to have, just don't go nuts trying to get a perfectly flat swr. Anything below 1.5 is fine. Also don't buy into the non-sense about having your coax a certain length to fix or improve your SWR. If you SWR changes with coax length then you have antenna problems.
5. For the power a CB radio needs, a direct run to the battery isn't needed.
Also I HIGHLY advise AGAINST running a negative run to the battery unless a BAD electrical noise problem exists.
The reason for this is because if your primary ground strap becomes corroded or disconnected, your electrical system will seek a path to the battery. This path will become from the chassis through the antennas ground/shield, back to the radio causing damage and through the ground lead to the battery which can result in a fire.
If you have a horrible noise problem from a blower motor or such and decide that running a negative cable to the battery is your only option be sure to put a fuse at the battery on the negative lead as well as the positive lead.
But if you want the best antenna setup and still be able to clear branches and parking garages. Get a 102" steel whip from radioshack and mount it to your ARB bumper up front, then get a piece of nylon or dacron rope and tie it to the end of the antenna and pull it back till the antenna is only 2-3 feet above the roof and tie the rope to the top hinge of the back lift gate.
FOG
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
live4soccer7
84-85 Trucks & 4Runners
3
05-11-2016 06:52 PM
scott90
86-95 Trucks & 4Runners
7
10-04-2015 09:21 AM
zombie_barbarossa
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners
3
10-02-2015 10:54 PM