CB Antenna mounting location

K45

K45

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I was thinking about it the other day and was trying to figure out where I want to mount a whip cb antenna. My past cb antennas have been mounted about anywhere, but it got me thinking. I am trying to limit the amount of smacking around the antennas do on and offroad, so my question is this. Where have people mounted their antenna and have the most success and least amount of smacking around? Driverside rear? Passengerside Rear? Placed in the front of the vehicle going to the back or vice versa? I know the biggest success is getting as high as possible for optimal signal strength. i thought I would see yalls experiences have been. Thanks
 
Valkyrie45 said:
I was thinking about it the other day and was trying to figure out where I want to mount a whip cb antenna. My past cb antennas have been mounted about anywhere, but it got me thinking. I am trying to limit the amount of smacking around the antennas do on and offroad, so my question is this. Where have people mounted their antenna and have the most success and least amount of smacking around? Driverside rear? Passengerside Rear? Placed in the front of the vehicle going to the back or vice versa? I know the biggest success is getting as high as possible for optimal signal strength. i thought I would see yalls experiences have been. Thanks
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I have a Wilson Flex antenna mounted on the passenger side rear and I let it smack around offroad. It's very flexible, When I'm not on the trail, I bend it down and tuck it underneath the top in my TJ. Works for me.
 
On my FJ40 it was mounted in front on a grill gaurd, caught the spider webs in the mornings when we had the windshield folded down. Also I could see it and never broke it.
 
mounting a whip type antenna is just ...Ok I will be nice. Not a good idea. Ask anyone that has ever been "whipped" by one while out on a trail or event.
 
Those big ridiculous antennas are generally what, like 102" long? There just isn't any practical way to mount an 8 1/2' long antenna where it won't be a problem. You can buy a quality fiberglass 4' antenna that will be more than enough for any trail use, and you won't have to deal with that monstrosity of an antenna whip.
 
The pest place would be where were it could reflect the most signal off the largest metal surface for a more uniform signal. The center of the roof would be good but not always practical for the trails. For the trails as long as you are tuned correctly you should be able to get by just fine sticking where-ever. I use a short factory tuned magnetic based antenna I got from Radio Shack. It gets me by just fine on the trails placing it on the roof. It gets knocked off sometimes but I run the cable through the sun roof and just grab the cable and it sticks back in place.
 
Your Hot Dog Guy! said:
On my FJ40 it was mounted in front on a grill gaurd, caught the spider webs in the mornings when we had the windshield folded down. Also I could see it and never broke it.
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This was a 4ft fiberglass, not a 102 whip.
 
Thanks for the input. I have been doing some more reading and have a better understanding. I have come up with 3 different options I am concidering.
1. A short 2' antenna with a strong magnet base mounted to the roof of the montero.
2. A 5' fire stick set up higher up on the back bumper so that the antenna is more over the roof.
3. A 102" whip from the rear bumper with 2 anchors. one at the end to the roof making a bow and a second towards the end so that it does not sway to much and if it pops the front tie down it will not whip all the way back.

The picture shows my old fire stick and how it barely was above the roof line. Also my three options. Option 1 in purple, option 2 in green, option 3 in cyan.

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with the options you have above, the 2' on a magnet base would probably be your best/easiest option.
 
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