BigJ
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Anyone installed a Ham radio antenna yet?
I installed a CB and hated it. With my bed cover, I was pretty much forced to use the bumper as a mount location for the antenna (didn't want to drill holes in the body, or use a magnetic mount). The best I could get was maybe 1 mile range. And that was on flat wide open freeway. Not good.
I'm fortunate in that I live close to a Ham radio specific store, so I stopped by there today and spent perhaps 2 hours just talking with the guys, learning, discussing, brainstorming... I ended up buying a few things (and signing up for a class to get my license). I'm going to install the antenna using a mobile door frame mount, but off the back of the truck, on the passenger side of the tailgate. I'll take some pics and throw 'em up when done.
Anyone gone down this road yet? How'd you mount things up? Happy with the setup?
I installed a CB and hated it. With my bed cover, I was pretty much forced to use the bumper as a mount location for the antenna (didn't want to drill holes in the body, or use a magnetic mount). The best I could get was maybe 1 mile range. And that was on flat wide open freeway. Not good.
I'm fortunate in that I live close to a Ham radio specific store, so I stopped by there today and spent perhaps 2 hours just talking with the guys, learning, discussing, brainstorming... I ended up buying a few things (and signing up for a class to get my license). I'm going to install the antenna using a mobile door frame mount, but off the back of the truck, on the passenger side of the tailgate. I'll take some pics and throw 'em up when done.
Anyone gone down this road yet? How'd you mount things up? Happy with the setup?