Mines mounted on the roof on my 86. The roof is double layer steel with a gap between them, the screws wont go through unless they're too long. I also have a salt spreader controller on the same bracket and the weight pulled the screws out after a while, so I welded it to the roof. I dont have a headliner in that truck, but I am planning on mounting a cb in the same spot on the 92. I'm thinking about cutting 2 slits in the headliner spaced for the bracket, marking the roof through the slits, then dropping the headliner and welding or screwing the bracket to the roof and re'installing the headliner.

 

In the last week I have talked to five CB guru's across the country as I crossed, these are people that do for the truckers and have good reps from the truckers...

I have not been around CB's for around 23 years, I was interested in whats current.

As for Pickup-Truck Antenna, it was pretty unanimous - Wilson 1000 Roof Top mount mounted dead center on the roof. I wouldn't let them poke a hole in my roof!

They all said dual's are defeating unless you put them fore an aft, they need to be at least 8 feet apart in a perfect world more in a less perfect world ... They both need to be on the same ground plane, so a trailer top is the only likely spot, duals also take more power so are defeating in low wattage installations, the typical installation. I did get different numbers ranging from 500 watts to 5000 watts for duals minimum wattage.

Radios were very different, they all had their likes and dislikes. Midland's and Cobra's were popular across the board, especially the old original Cobra 23's ... Of course none of them liked any of the new stuff, to weak!

CB Coax needs to be 18 feet long period! Do not coil the excess, run it in a fashion you do not have to coil it or snake it back and forth under the carpet.

I want duals for visual reasons, so, I wound up with two 48" Firestix's mounted on the front rail of the bed as far out as possible and the left one is a dummy ... This is not an ideal setup, I don't need an ideal setup, it works just fine for my purposes. The problem with a setup like that is the ground plane is basically a pie shape from the rear corner of the cab, meaning I'll get best signal front and left, rear and right suffer.

I temp mounted an old A-R-A 23 channel underdash, it's real old, like before power laws ...
Now that I'm home I will be mounting my Uniden PC-77 overhead and it's components under dash.

SWR's are very important, if they are to high they can burn out your radio, most shops charge $10-$20 to set the SWR's, many truck stops have CB junkies hanging out making a buck doing tuneups and repairs, they are typically very good else the truckers will run them off.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

I wanna put a CB in my 1999 ford f250, i want to put it either on the roof or floor. any i deas on how to wire it and wer to put the power and ground..... what antenna should i get?

 

48-60" Firestick Antennas. Personally, I have one 60" custom fender mounted. I ran a 9' cable in the fender well to inside the cab and to the left of the stick right under the dash. For power, run it directly off the battery to the radio. For the Ground, use the battery like I did haha. The roof is better for visual looks to me lol. I personally put it where i had it because i didnt want to chance getting a hole in the roof haha.

 

I'll have to get a picture, but i got my new antenna for my ranger..... 102" stainless whip

 

ya a 102 whip is amazing

 

thats how I had mine mounted. I was gonna put sides on it and build a regular old box but never got around to it lol

 

Boggs, YOU NEVER SENT ME PM for your bumper design in the front! And I thought of doing that, but I have a 4spd manual. not an IMHO an Unreliable E4OD haha. I like where its at....but i know i need to change it around some. And I need a longer cable I guess, 18' is best for some reason(IDK why) but its what truckers are saying. There are no tuner junkies in town so I cant do anything but do it myself. So hit me with more ways to tune them things.

 

thanks for the ideas..... im probablly goin to mount the cb on the roof and run the mic over the rearview.... i want to pget a cheapish cb setup to start because this is my first cb, what are your opinions on a 102'' stainless whiup with a 6'' spring?

 

I dont recall that I was supposed to send you a PM lol. Dont get me started on the awesomeness of my 400k mile original E4OD lol

 

I will go there XD! I have seen E4OD's shat out after 150k! My buddy has a F-150 w/ 351w with E4OD and it shat out at 163071 exactly....i remember that number because he was pulling a trailer over a pass @ 3 in the morning and I had to come pull him home with my F-150 w/302 and a T-18.

 

He probably was taking too good care of it. ive never serviced mine haha

 

OMG!!!!!!! Change the fluid at least and the filter XD! THat is bad lol. Dont be doign that haha.

 

what brand CB would u guys recommend?

 

I like my cobras alot but haven been around anything else really