CB Radio & Antenna Installation Suggestions
Anyone have any pictures of their CB antenna mounting on their class c motor home? Any recommendations for CB and antenna? Thanks, Russ
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Rolin wrote:
I went to a Ham Radio shop, found a hood mount...really a fender mount as it bolts to the fender using a metal bracket so it has a good ground plane. It actually bolts to the fender such that part of it is covered by the hood when the hood is closed and sticks out so that the antenna can bolt to the exposed part of the bracket. Then we used a 4ft fire stick antenna with some a small diameter antenna cable....forgot the size rating. Nice easy set up and easy to route the antenna cable into the cab to connect with the cb.
This is what I did and what I would recommend. It gives very adequate performance with a relatively easy installation and it doesn't cause any clearance issues. I used just a 2' antenna that was bottom loaded as opposed to the 4' fire stick mentioned above. My guess is that a ladder mounted antenna wouldn't give you better performance, it would have clearance issues, it would be a lot more work to install, and you would have more loss in the coax.
