Steve Lowe wrote:
>
> On Thu, 05 Jun 1997 20:28:27 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >having been into CB's for a long time i can tell you the cell phone look
> >alikes are good if you want to transmit to someone right next to you and
> >that's about it
>
> That's what I was afraid of. I need range to transmit in the hills.
>
> >..on one of my trucks (94) i have 2 5 foot fiberglass
> >whips mounted on the bed right behind the cab...i too did not want to
> >put one on my roof (for cosmetic reasons though)
>
> Will not drill holes in the roof and a magnet mount is out due to the
> overhead console with the compass....
>
> >you need to get
> >Co-phase coax if you want to run that way..
>
> Which way? On the roof I assume you are talking about...
>
> >DO NOT TRY TO MAKE YOUR
> >OWN!!! it will not work then....i did make one hole in the cab on the
> >back wall to run the coax into the cab...but i used a roofing tar around
> >the hole to seal it....
>
> Ok I might try this...Find some kind or make a bracket to clamp on the
> front wall of the bed (right below the rear window)and go with a
> Firestick or K40 anntenna, (I hear Wilson is the best?) and run the
> cable down between the cab and bed, under the truck, and run it in one
> of the factory holes in the floor that are currently covered with a
> small metal cover (there are a couple of those in there), then to the
> radio.
>
> 3 years later not so much as a scimp of rust and
> >no leaks....i have a uniden PC-76XL that i want to get rid of but it is
> >bigger than a compact and a little "tweeked". so if you are worried
> >about FCC this is not the radio for you....
>
> Rather be legal, less worries...this radio is mainly going to be used
> on trail rides with my club, just to talk to each other...
>
> Thanks for your reply...
>
> Steve
>
> 97' Dakota Sport Plus, 4X4, 5 speed, all the goodies 'cept anti-lock brakes
> Gibson Cat-Back...
> Home Page at http://www.primenet.com/~slow
if you use a magnetic mount it will scratch the snot out of the
truck...you might be able to get some good clamps and clamp them to the
bed...going directly behind the bed is not good because you will be rear
ward directiona; meaning all your signal will be more prominat near the
rear of the truck....Wilson does make some nice antena's...the 2
fiberglass whips i have are K40's which i have always run all my
cars...always did like them...also after you buy your set up find
someone with a SWR meter (if your radio does not have one built in) and
adjust the antena's as low as you can (swr reading) best is a 1:1
ratio...the higher it is the more signal you are losing in your
coax...also too high of a SWR reading if used too long can burn out the
radio....(the finals)...i was hop[ing to find a hole under a plate or
something on my 94 but no dice...maybe the 97's will be different...i
just didn't want to run 20 feet of coax to the engine and then through
the firewall....oh and one other thing....any excess coax you may
have...don't bunch it up or loop it around itself...it can create havok
on your swr reading...
Russ
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