Where would you mount CB antenna on Class C
I want to put my old CB into the cab of my Class C. I have a mag mount, but the hood is fiberglass along with the top. Where on earth would you put it. I see they make hood mounts, but wouldn't the...
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Sagecoachdriver wrote:
So the only way to get a low SWR match is the mag mount on a plate at the fender. Maybe I should start from scratch and buy the fender van mount a new Firestick and coax. Then mount it on the fender and see what happens.
That's not entirely accurate. Antennas, at least the decent ones, are tunable to get the SWR reading into range. Check out K40 and some Firestiks, they have a little section at the top that can be raised or lowered to tune them. Other fiberglass whips require trimming to tune them.
There's good information here and a link at the end of the article on how to tune your antenna.
http://www.rightchannelradios.com/cb-antenna-tuning-swr-explained
