dcmac214 wrote:
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Looking real hard at the Winnebago 1-1/2 bath models (like the 35F) and wondering where & how to mount CB antenna (or better with 2 antennas?) & transceiver.
We're not radio gabbers, primary interest would be listening in on conversations/comments when traffic backed up and barely moving - construction, wreck, whatever.
One of the problems with CB's in a coach is the fact that about 99.99% of the outside is fiberglass. So, the way a good CB antenna works is, it needs metal, like a regular car roof to provide what's called a "Ground Plane". That ground plane enables the antenna to broadcast evenly in as close a 360 degree direction as possible.
But, with RVs, there's little to none of any metal, especially in or on a roof, to provide a good ground plane. There are antennas out there that supposedly are in no need of ground plane requirements. But, to answer your question. You don't need to go to the roof. Many of us have mounted ours to the side wall of the coach, very close to the roof radius.
Some investigation is needed to determine if that kind of mounting will work for you. If so, you can then access the inside of the antenna mount and therefore route the coax maybe from an inside upper left cabinet, down the windshield pillar and through the corner of the dash and under the dash to the radio.
But, not all coaches are constructed to allow for this kind of mounting. Again, you'll have to do some investigation of your construction and access to see if this would work. Then, if you find out it will, then go online and get with a CB radio outlet and talk to them about "groundless" antennas and be guided by what they have to say about it.
Scott
