I agree that the roof, or the roll bar would be best for getting a good ground plane, that is if you want to call a vehicle a good ground plane...

I had 4' whips on my mirrors, but they didn't have any springs so they broke constantly until i broke down and installed some. but those foldover adaptors aren't half bad looking and would work well for a non-mirror mounted setup.

i'm studying for my FCC license, just on my own out of the books.

my cb is a 5w 1976 midland... freebie that sat on a shelf until i got it! it may not have the range of my cell phone, but i don't have to dial it and the battery hardly ever dies!

 

Only problem is no matter what mods you do t a CB (almost all of which are illegal), you will never get the range you can get legally via te ham bands.

Yes, there are shady testers out there, but the community will teach you what the tester didn't, where lately the CB band has been overrun with illegal transmitters and *********s who make it near impossible to communicate and there is almost no recourse for the legit users. At least the ham bands have some semblance of order and recourse to go after idiot users.

CB is a dying band for a reason.

 

If you mount it, then mount one on the opposite side of the radio antena so you get less signal interferrance. If you notice on a lot of amuture radio operators vehicles, they always mount the CB antena as far away from other electrical equipment. Usaully rear bumpers. I am not to crazy about that look, which is why I mounted mine in the left rear inside of the box just behind the cab. 4' antenna should be fine with minimal if any contact in garages or drive thrus. By-the-way with a lot of the new tech stuff that we run in our truck GPS, XM and cell phones, there are plent of things that can kill frequency signals. Older equipment seems to work better than going out and buying the new latesdt and greatest CB and Antenas, Stay away from Cobras!

 

What would be the best brand of cb? Why stay away from cobras?

 

"Monkey" They are made to help minimize the interferance you get from new technology.

 

When I was running CBs, I liked running dual 8' whips mounted to the bed rail behing the cab on each side. Then I pulled them down torward the rear bumper and hooked them while town driving, let them loose when I was running with the 4wheel drive club. Pulled back and down I was still able to get great reception and I think I only let them flop around just to be cool while 4 wheeling. I didnt notice a difference in reception. If I was to do it again I would go with the same setup with stainless steel whips.

 

If youre not too wild about the roll bar, ditch it and mount a whip centered on the front bed rail. Thats what I did. When I got my 76 it had this hinky *** swivel mount just behind the driver side drip rail. It looked like a damn rc truck with my wilson on it.

 

that roll bar weighs more than a pinto does.

 

at the moment the truck does not have a radio and its to big to be in a garage any way. Im just worried about the bridges around here the lowest i think is 14 ft. I just measured the truck, From the ground to the lights, (which are the highest point on the truck) is 7ft 9in. so I have about 8 feet of play. So Can someone suggest a Good antenna and a CB?

 

galaxy makes one fine radio, I would say that the antenna would depend on where you decide on mounting it, but a wilson or firestick are good. make sure that you use a good cable with good connections and no unneeded extra length to keep the db loss down.

 

I have a brand new Galaxy 44 still in box never been used!! I'm thinking of putting in my truck.

 

Still a valid question today. I'd like to see pics of what others have done. Hood, mirror or bed?

 

My 1975 F250 SC 2wd had the antenna mounted on the cowl on the drivers' side. The radio antenna was on the pass side. No problems with operation.
Might want to check with local laws....In many places a CB is considered a "hand held device" and is illegal. Like using a cell phone.

 

102 inch whip, 6 inch spring, ball mount, corner of rear bumper on either side. You will get out and receive like gangbusters on stock 4 watt radio. Another option is the same set up on the lower rear quarter panel. You can also go with a ball mount on upper part of cab side with a 4 foot fiberglass antenna, but the 102 inch whip will outperform it.

 

Sorry it's a Dodge, but dual whips look nice! My brother's high school rig... sitting in the back of the garage now.