anyone else yet ?

I just installed the stake pop up hold downs so dont want stake mount. Definitely dont want to drill holes.

Don't have a metal smith handy to fabricate one. Only one I found so far was a NMO mount. I wrote the company and they are not interested in doing a 3/8s hole mount.

Bugger all.

 

I am looking to mount one as well. I had a magnetic one on the roof of the 6.0. Did not look the best but it worked. I am not drilling holes either..............

 

Yeah NMO mounts are everywhere so I used a Larsen NMO 27 antenna for my CB. If it's good up to UHF frequencies then it should be good for HF. I like the sealed assembly rather than the exposed threaded bolt.

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How did you mount your radios to your upper tray? I have the headlight sensor so I would have to find alternative routing. Also, Pro-fit only has the left side mount. What radio supply did you use for both sides (I would want the 2nd NMO for my 2 Meter (144mhz) ham radio)).

 

They were mounted to the dash with screws, the normal way. I should probably add that tidbit of info to my write up now that I've gotten a few questions about that.
I was wondering about those 2 plastic panels on the left and right side of the dash beside the windshield vents, perhaps those might work for your cable routing.

I walked into my usual CB shop and they had a box of brackets for the left side and another box of them for the right side. I was told that they are CNC laser cut from sheet material. I figured they would probably have the right brackets for the new SD since they outfit tons of them.

 

can't you use an adapter from the NMO to the 3/8"x24?

 

This is what I use for my VHF/UHF antenna:



That one is a UHF/PO/SO-239 mount. They do make adapters for those to 3/8"x24 - such as this one. You can get those lip mounts with an NMO connector also and as Idahoser says you can get an NMO to 3/8"x24 adapter such as this one.

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The lip mount I used is a Commet heavy duty mount - the HD5M. They have a 3/8"x24 version as well - the HD5 3/8.

I hope this helps some.