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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: mdw1uk on March 22, 2007, 18:48:47

Title: cb antennas
Post by: mdw1uk on March 22, 2007, 18:48:47

wheres the best place to mount them on a disco 1?
many thanx matt

Title: cb antennas
Post by: narked on March 22, 2007, 18:49:44

Got mine on a gutter mount towards the back.

Title: cb antennas
Post by: Bulli on March 22, 2007, 18:50:12

matter of opinion. i have mine on a gutter mount by the snorkle. That wa syou can hide the coax down the side of the snokle...much neater

Title: cb antennas
Post by: Buddha on March 22, 2007, 20:12:34

Mine's slap bang in the middle of the roof, just above the rear courtesy light 'cos it's the best place for it as far as ground plane theory goes & probably the hardest place for anyone to nick my antenna from.

Title: cb antennas
Post by: Pete on March 22, 2007, 20:41:41

Used to have a mag-mount on the roof, now gutter mount on near side,
 Pete

Title: cb antennas
Post by: Budgie on March 22, 2007, 23:31:41

Mine's on the spare wheel carrier, see this thread (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=10464&highlight=aerial) for details and photos.  :wink:

Title: cb antennas
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 23, 2007, 03:04:52

Mag mount on the roof, nice big ground plane.  Seems to work for folks.

Title: cb antennas
Post by: Lyndsey731 on March 23, 2007, 09:47:54

According to the chap in the CB shop in Micheal Wood Services on the M5 all CB antennas are the same overall length no matter how long they appear, short ones have more coils tightly compacted whereas long ones have less coils further apart, apparantly the longer ones are supposed to be better and a longer one mounted lower down is better than a short one mounted higher up.

Gav

Title: cb antennas
Post by: BigA on March 25, 2007, 16:27:27

Quote from: "Bulli"

matter of opinion. i have mine on a gutter mount by the snorkle. That wa syou can hide the coax down the side of the snokle...much neater

just this minute fitted mine, and i went for gutter mount behind snorkel, the following made me decide on this, as Bulli, easy to hide cable behind snorkel, easy to route cable through existing hole to engine bay, and finally i only had coax long enough to reach here, not the back as i originally planned  :?