What kind and where is it located? I bought some firesticks and mounted them on the bed rail behind my cab but I cant get them to go low on the swr reading. Any help??

 

for mine, i used my old bed cover clmps, clamped them to the front of the bed, and bolted the mounts tot he clamps. works nicely. i can pick up people 2 states away lol. i have 2 500 watt antennas.

 

Did you get tune tips?

 

Check this out as well. https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...all-image.html

 

the old timer that owns a cb repair place in town sugested to me that they be mounted so the sides of it are blocked by as little as possible by the vehicle In otherwords on the roof or off the side overhanging a few inches up high like almost all the semis do it....I experimented and found he was right with my trusty k40 in my jeep.....found that hanging a bracket off the side of the spare tire bumpstop so it was about 4 inches off the back corner in both directions worked great....better than the mount built into my spare tire rack higher but in the middle behind my spare.

 

ideally you want a good ground plane, which tends to mount the antenna in the center of the top of the cab, or the center of the trunk of a car.

if you can't do that, then you want it to be as exposed as possible, and not blocked by the cab. the top of a tool box is about the next best place. it absolutely positively must be GROUNDED. so if you mount it on the tool box and its not grounded, then you need to install a ground strap.

and finally, an adjustable length/tunable tip is important. the smallest adjustment can make a huge difference in the swr meter reading.

i mounted mine in the worst possible spot, just off the rear of the cab, plus, its only 2' tall, so that i can pull into the garage without knocking the hell out of everything. it actually works better than it should... i only need to talk to people that are close by, not out of state.

 

I'll sell u my dual 4ft's. fire sticks.

 

they make hood mounts for 2nd gen rams. i have one on my truck. not the best ground plane though.

 

So you said you bought some as in more than one? If you have two that's part of your problem. On a truck like this you are better off to just hook up one if you really must have two for the looks. If they can't be at least 8 feet apart they will interfere with each other. 8 feet is what I've always heard. It's hard to get them far enough apart on a pickup truck. You are way better off just running a good quality single antenna.

I don't think dual antenna's look good but quite a few people do so they run them. Now as said earlier for tuning the swr did you try adjusting them up and down? With the fire sticks can you adjust them up and down? I don't have personal experience with fire sticks. If you want a good antenna though I'd check out a Wilson 1000 or 5000. They seem to be labeled as pretty much the best by most guys and I've never had an issue with one. You can also adjust the whip up and down to help tune the swr's.

 

i have A 102" SS whip, mounted to the frame, between the bed and the cab. but i think my radio is junk, because all i get is static, and on the highway, i cant even pick anythign up. anyone got a good radio for sale?

also how can i tune this whip?