I need to add a CB to the rig and was wondering what folks with a Class C are using for:* an Antenna* Type of antenna mount* Mounting location Thanks for your help with this issue, I know CBs are very finicky and that they need a good antenna.Cheers

I carry a CB radio with me under my truck seat and in the five to six years of pulling my trailer and I have never heard another RV'er... My CB comes on with the ignition key and I have it setup on Ch19 with the squelch all the way up and low volume. Probably on the wrong channel to hear any RV'ers I guess. I use mine to listen to the truckers that are in directly front of me or directly behind me mainly for road conditions.CB's went away I think when the cell phones got popular...Roy Ken

Antennas need a good ground plane too, I would think best on a C would be somewhere on metal cab area, or possibly the rear bumper.On my daily driver, my Camry Solara, I replaced the FM radio antenna with a CB antenna (a short 24" firestik to not look too out of place), then used a blocking splitter to hook the FM radio into the CB antenna, then tuned SWR on the whole setup, tuning SWR is almost more important than the antenna you choose. If you go the route I did, don't hook the FM radio direct into CB antenna you NEED the special blocking splitter so the TX power of your CB doesn't burn out your FM radio.I plan on a similar combined CB/FM with a 2 or 3' firestik on our TV (the wife's daily driver, so she wont let me mount some huge antenna), but sadly for now we just travel with a crappy handheld CB with rubber duck, range sucks, but it DOES work and is better than nothing.EDIT: I only monitor 19 usually, but my radio does have a scan feature, so sometimes I am scanning the whole band, but 19 is the only one with anything on it these days (unless conditions are good for skip, and then I turn the damn thing off because you will never hear any locals over the 1000 watt jerks shooting skip).

Roy, I think most RV'ers use channel 15 although I seldom hear one of them.

I went to a truck stop and the cb shop. He told me that the side mount would be good and that the antenna needs to stick up highere than anything on the roof. He recommended an antenna with a built in ground plane for fiberglass rigs. Was gonna cot $200 installed with radio. Just never got around to it however.As noted above most dont use the cb anymore. Have them in my 2 trucks and one for the car. Once in a while you will get someone talking, but unless you are traveling with someone you know not much of a chance to talk. We have FRS radios we will carry in case we travel with a friend.

Thanks for the replies,I plan on just using the CB for information (eaves dropping)on road conditions and what truckers are saying. They will chat with you if they feel like talking. Sometimes just better than watching the mile markers go by!I don't think I would get much range using anything attached to the cab, CBs (from my past experience) like tall, wide open, and centered antennas. With the Class C, tall and centered is impracticable, and they would definitely need a ground plane.Has any one tried a glass mounted antenna? I wouldn't think they would get much range.

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Rageous
Explorer
Jun 16, 2014
I ended up buying a Fire Stik no ground plane antenna, less than 1 on the SWR s, awesome
woodworker414
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
HI ya Marvin. HORIZON 170, I thought the channel rv'ers used was channel 13.
Safe Travels
Bill
beachcomber_1
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
No metal hood on my 2001 E450 chassis, was going to use a magnetic mount I had. Finally use a side mount, high on drivers side.
Kit_Carson
Explorer
May 31, 2014
Dusty R wrote:
Healeyman wrote:
I use a No Ground Plane (NGP), top loaded coil, from Radio Shack stuck on the hood Unicorn style.

Dress the wire under the wipers and in through the drivers door jamb.

It works well.

Tim

I was going to do that on our Itasca with an E-350 Ford. Magnet will not stick to plastic.
I mounted a 4' fiberglass no ground plane antenna to my rear ladder. It sticks up about 7 inches above the roof of the MH (about same height as A/C). Works good for me.
Oldme
Explorer
May 31, 2014
Tons of knowledge here:
http://www.cbradioforum.com/
Dusty_R
Explorer
May 30, 2014
Healeyman wrote:
I use a No Ground Plane (NGP), top loaded coil, from Radio Shack stuck on the hood Unicorn style.

Dress the wire under the wipers and in through the drivers door jamb.

It works well.

Tim

I was going to do that on our Itasca with an E-350 Ford. Magnet will not stick to plastic.
Healeyman
Explorer
May 30, 2014
I use a No Ground Plane (NGP), top loaded coil, from Radio Shack stuck on the hood Unicorn style.

Dress the wire under the wipers and in through the drivers door jamb.

It works well.

Tim
Gonzo42
Explorer
May 30, 2014
Go to Firestik.com and read ALL of the technical articles; read them over and over.

Firestik tech
ryanw821
Explorer
May 29, 2014
Rageous wrote:
Has any one tried a glass mounted antenna? I wouldn't think they would get much range.

Might as well set your money on fire, I get better range on handheld with rubber duck than I did with a glass mount.
Oldme
Explorer
May 29, 2014
On most Class C MH you will find that the ground plane is the problem.
All the fiberglass in the coach area is not a ground plane.

Some people use non-ground plane antenna such as the firesticks on the side, back or mirrors (if you have metal mirrors for the brackets).
Be aware of your antenna overall height.

I went with a left front fender mount and a 4' fiberglass antenna.
I am using the Everhardt STT Super Tiger Full Wave CB Antenna.
http://www.wearecb.com/everhardt-stt-super-tiger-full-wave-cb-antenna.html

Some will say that the left front is not ideal.
That is true.
There is no ideal place on a fiberglass Class C.

The from steel hood and fenders give me a ground plane.
Non-ground plane antennas, from what I can read do not have the
gain of a regular antenna. Also their coax length is sensitive
to length,as that forms their ground plane.

So far the performance has been very good.
SWR 1:1 to 1:3.
I am using a Cobra 29 NW.

I can hear others very well and I get reports that others can hear me
very well. That is what counts.

It came in very handy on a recent 3 week trip.
I85 outside of Montgomery, Al. was closed for 48 hours due to a semi accident and fire. We were detoured on small county roads for 3 hours.
Lots of information was exchanged on the CB.
Those without one were clueless.

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