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Originally Posted by fw888
that is a pretty slick mount..  , how do you hold it in place and where is the power cable hook up to ? |
The mount is screwed in to the support behind the windshield. See the attached pic. I was pleasantly surprised to see such a nice place to mount it. I was expecting to have to use adhesive to attach a mount that I could secure the bracket to.
The power runs down the passenger side pillar and for now to the power point on the dash. I've got some other electronics that will be going in and I will switch it to a distribution block then.
The antenna runs across to the driver side and to the rear under the headliner. then out behind the tail light.
To get the bracket through the headliner I just pressed it in to it and used a razor knife to cut the fabric. I then used a small amount of fabric glue to keep the headliner from fraying.
The only difficult part (other than drilling holes for the bracket with my head crammed between the dash and the windshield) was that in order to mount the CB closer to the windshield I removed the screw connector for the antenna and soldered the cable in on the inside of the radio case.
Mounting the antenna was as easy as drilling a hole in the bumper of a 3 week old $30K vehicle.
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Bill,
you want to be sure that the antenna mount has a solid (electrical) connection to the vehicle. If not the SWR will be high and the performance of the radio poor. If the SWR is to high, it can damage the radio. Your other option would be to use a "NGP" or no ground plane antenna if you have problems adjusting SWR. If your SWR is good with your setup, then no worries.