Hood mounted CB antenna
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Hood mounted CB antenna
I'm just full of questions tonight. I think this is my third post...
Anyway, making plans for the new truck (03 Quad Cab) and have come to the conclusion that the only place I have available to mount my CB antenna is a hood mount, a-la a Firestik Dodge hood channel mount. I have plans for a Yakima rack on the roof to hold two my two cargo boxes and a rack on the bedrails to hold my toys (bikes, snowboards, etc).
Anyone else out there have one of these hood channel mount setup's? If so, which side did you mount on? Passenger or driver?
How does the SWR turn out?
And one final question... where did you mount your radio in the cab?
-JL
Anyway, making plans for the new truck (03 Quad Cab) and have come to the conclusion that the only place I have available to mount my CB antenna is a hood mount, a-la a Firestik Dodge hood channel mount. I have plans for a Yakima rack on the roof to hold two my two cargo boxes and a rack on the bedrails to hold my toys (bikes, snowboards, etc).
Anyone else out there have one of these hood channel mount setup's? If so, which side did you mount on? Passenger or driver?
How does the SWR turn out?
And one final question... where did you mount your radio in the cab?
-JL
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RE: Hood mounted CB antenna
i think it looks better on the left side, opposite your radio antenna, but from what i have heard you can get a little interference from having it close to the radio antenna. i had it that way on a blazer and had no problems.
best reception is as far from the radio antenna as you can get itand make sure the top of the antenna is higher than the top of the truck
best reception is as far from the radio antenna as you can get itand make sure the top of the antenna is higher than the top of the truck