OK I did a search on CB Radios and after reading through 7 pages of posts I didnt find what I was looking for. I am going to mount my CB in a console from Havis Shields...thanks to the link CockPit Pics thread. Now I would like to know where/how you all have mounted you antenna (s). I have a K-40 magnet mount but I would like to mount it somewhere esle. I was thinking of making a bracket and mount it to the bed rail inside the bed.

Sort of like an L- Bracket. What I am worried about with this is the antenna banging against the paint on the truck and I dont want to put a tennis ball between the antenna and the truck.

So lets see what you got.

Thanks,

Sarge

 

How long of an antenna is it. My ham radio antennas are on a door edge mount. They also make a mount that fits into the post holes that are already in your bed rails. Look at my webshots link below, The pictures with the 5th wheel has a decent pic of the mounts.

 

WB, I think its a bout 4-5 foot. I dont se the pics, are they in your gallery?
Anyway I do have a tonneau cover on mine so I dont know if that will make a difference.

Sarge

 

WB,

I found them. I am not sure that I want the drip edge mount. Where can I find the Post mount for the bed. I am getting the conslole that you have. Its exactly what I wanted. How was the install on that?

Sarge

 

ckick on the webshots link in my sig. and brouse the picture with the 5ern the closest head on shot you can see the mounts, not the best but you can see them I had 3, just removed my 220 radio.

 

sarge - i'm not sure if i completely understand the question, but i'm happy to show you my show...

just running the same mirror mounted brackets that i had on my '95, minus the backs of them & longer bolts.





3' duals works really well, i probably could have gone longer but didn't feel the need. and i honestly believe that i get better reception with both hooked up than i did with the single.

 

Thats what I am looking for Sort of...so I guess you understood the question I have a tonneau cover so I need to figure out how to mount them. You have a link to a site that has various mounts.

Sarge

 

check out HRO Ham Radio Outlet Worldwide Supplier of Amateur Radio Electronics Equipment look at their catalog for mounts.

 

sarge - might sound like an idiot - but i presume that the cover runs the entire bed? heard of them being had, or at least soft liners that will run behind a tool box. googled tonneau covers, and did find some they called tonneau but were roll up covers.

now my brother mounted his on the bed rail directly until he got a headache rack and it didn't work so well, but that's because he tried to directly mount it. a guy would need something else to stabilize it and keep the rail from bending up like his did.

i'm going to look a little more because i can visualize what i want but can't describe it...

 

or you could do a hood mount. haven't seen one but that might look pretty good.

try this link, too. i see a few things on there and might work with the bed cover. got pics of it? that'd be helpful.
CB Radio Antenna Mounts

 

hmmm an easy NO MARK/HOLE solution is to do what i did. i have a k90 mounted on a 2 x 4 inch piece of aluminum bent @ a 90 degree angle which in turn i drilled 2 hole in and put 2 small screws into the inside of the front left fender between the hood and fender. the 2 holes will not be visable when you sell/reitre your rig, yet will give great grounding.
the top plate is 2 x 2 and protrudes hlf and inch or so above the fender to allow for easy waxing/snow removal. i have had twin trucker type ad whips mounted this way before, all work quite well, signal matches and rf fields have never been aproblem. if needed, i will up a few pics .

 

Spence,

I like what you did with your truck but I do not have a tool box. Yes it is a full length Tonneau soft cover. I will try and post pics of my truck if I can figure out how. That way there you can get a look at what I am talking about. I am not too keen on having an antenna bolted to my fender. I want it behind the cab.

Sarge

 

Here's a good long discussion on this topic... https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...placement.html

 

Thanks OZ,

Great 4 pages of reading there. Now I dont know if I should get a Ham radio or not. Anyway it appears the concensous over there is 1 antennal in the middle of the truck somewhere. I wish that there was a CB store around here so that I could talk to someone and put my hands on stuff.

Sarge

 

i had a bit of a problem with that, too. bought the radio online but antennas, wires, and mounts came from radio shack and those guys seemed to have extremely limited knowledge of anything CB.