CB Guys/Need Some Advise/Now With Poll

[1978Blazerk5]

Hey Off of curosity does HAM(radio) Stand for anything?

 

[pauly383]

Hamming it up basically .

I got bit by the bug really hard last year ( although licensed since 1999 ) and have multiple radios in all my vehicles . With my wire antenna over my garage I have talked to the east coast with 50 watts

 

[1978Blazerk5]

just for the heck of it a couple of pictures of my truck

 

[pauly383]

I like pics :

BTW , this is my old antenna , not the Wilson . I ripped this off in 2006 on a tree ( long story ) and welded a big washer on it to fix the hole , it ain't going anywhere now .

 

[readymix]

Me too. Here is my antenna mount.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

readymix,you have a Uniden mounted in the dash of your truck right?

 

[readymix]

Sure do.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Sure do.

Wow thats Awsome man,

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Nevermind the bumper mount it wont work with a rain gutter clip like i wanted it to.

 

[pauly383]

If you want a gutter mount UHF that will accept a Wilson antenna as is , go to any hamradio dealer online and buy one ....and it won't be no cheesy bracket either , this one would be beefier

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Pauly, What type of cb anntena do you have on your truck?

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Well i might be able to make a bumper mount work but it might be a little hard.

the biggest anntena the cb shop near me sells is 102"(8.6 Feet)
and i dont know how big the spring is,i am guessing maybe 7 inches.

 

[Slapperbar]

I've got a Wilson 1000 Roof mounton the 'Burb and love it. It also has a cap for when you remove the antenna and load.

 

[pauly383]

Pauly, What type of cb anntena do you have on your truck?

Wilson 1000 on a correct UHF mount in the center of the roof

 

[1978Blazerk5]

will the mount leak if i dont have the load on?

 

[PsRumors]

will the mount leak if i dont have the load on?

Nope sure wont. Wilson also supplies a cap to keep everything clean for when you remove the load.

 

[pauly383]

Yup , won't leak . Even if it did leak , for some reason any water would automatically roll down and collect in the dome lens .

When my original mount rip out on the old heavy antenna , water collected right there , dropped the lens , turned it over , put it back on

 

[nova]

Nothing beat the 9 foot whip. make sure it's 108 inch though. there is alot of 102 inch whips and yes they work,but you will never get the swr's exactly right.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i was kinda thinking the 9 foot whip because i can leave it on the truck all the time and still put it in my garage

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i could also do a 4 Foot fiberglasss antenna on the bumper.
Any other opnions?