It is a firestick for my ham radio, I have 2 different ones, a 1/2 wave and
a 1/4 wave. I use the 1/2 wave on trips, you can see it in the picture with
the trailer.
As for mounting, I didn't drill any holes, I also have a problem with that.
The cable is a special one that has an o-ring connector so it doesn't have
to loop down. It come out horizontally from the shaft. It runs directly
under the hood and from there I have the excess cable loosly looped (to
prevent a "coil" problem) in the fender opening. From there I run the cable
trough the large access whole that is full of cables into the cab of the
truck.
Here is the mount and cable:
http://www.firestik.com/Catalog/MK-184R.htm
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bill Pitz
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:39 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Was: Slide in camper NOW: 5th wheel?
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 03:14:36 -0500, bill@nissley.com ("Bill Nissley")
wrote:
>I guess everyone tired of this thread. I thought I'd get at least a couple
>of responses to this. As some had said, they never had seen a Dakota
pulling
>a fifth wheel.
Wow, I must have missed that post. That's a great looking setup
you've got there.
BTW, I noticed on this picture (and on pictures you've posted in the
past) that you've got a FireStik (or similar) antenna mounted on your
drivers side. I've been thinking about this for a while and have been
debating on how to run the wire into the cab. How'd you do it? I was
thinking of crimping my own connector onto the cable once it was
pulled to the inside of the cab so that it wouldn't require as big of
a hole. (For some strange reason, I have much less of a problem
drilling a hole in the roof of an office building for much bigger
cable than I do making small holes in my truck.) :-)
-Bill
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