Where are you all mounting your CB's?

[securityguy]

Have you looked into a glass mount?

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[Mountain Whiskey]

Where are you all mounting your CB's?

In a box in the garage. Been there sine they invented the cell phone and GMRS radios.

 

[kapinallinen2]

Have you looked into a glass mount?

Midland 18-258 Window Mount CB Antenna | Midland Radio

Save big and purchase the Midland 18-258 Window Mount CB Antenna. This stainless steel antenna is easy to install but does not work with dual-pane windows.

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Back in the day, we sold one to a customer that insisted on having a glass mount, didn't work worth a hoot. He ended up buying a K40 from us.

 

[Yeeyee]

Very impressive install! Did you fabricate the mounting panel yourself?

Yes I did. Trucks long been sold but I still have it if anyone’s interested.

 

[jdmartin]

Vouloir en mettre un dans mon camion aussi. Je n'en ai pas besoin, mais j'ai toujours aimé en avoir un. Pour le moment, je ne sais pas où en installer un qui ne gênera pas.




snaptube vidmate

Yeah, what he said

 

[Zeeya]

I got mine installed but SWR is pretty high over 3.0 . checked antenna/coax and ground, all look good. maybe due to location of the antenna. anyone have better suggestion where to mount antenna?
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I know when I ran them pretty regular with the 150 watt linear, the radio shop told me I needed to get the base on top of the truck. Working with the roof line gave you a better ground plane to work with. It was hard to get my swr's down low when I had it on a tool box or on the top edge of the bed. I was able to keep my SWR's lower that way when I had it on the roof.. I'm thinking about rigging it back up, but I'm scared the wattage may mess up the electronics in the truck.

 

[kapinallinen2]

I got mine installed but SWR is pretty high over 3.0 . checked antenna/coax and ground, all look good. maybe due to location of the antenna. anyone have better suggestion where to mount antenna?
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This is my 3 foot fire-stick.
VSWR is 1:1.8 on channel 20, no additional grounding. Made the bracket out of stainless steel, painted it and bolted to the rail.

 

[SgtCookeUSMC]

Custom mini dash panel.

I know this is an old thread but this is a clean installation! What type of radio is this? I've gotta ask, since you appear to have attention to detail...how did you mount/route antenna and wiring?

 

[ProfJeff]

I am also interested in this project, thinking of adding one too. I don't have those sliding bed rails, but I am guessing they could be added as they give a great mounting point.

 

[Karl1088]

 

[mk2019ORP]

Yes I did. Trucks long been sold but I still have it if anyone’s interested.

If been off here for a few weeks but definitely interested if it’s still available. PM some details and we’ll see if we can work something out!

 

[Tdad13]

Yes I did. Trucks long been sold but I still have it if anyone’s interested.

I know this is a long shot but just inquiring if you have anymore of these mounts or know if anywhere to get something similar? Thank you in advance.

 

[Rick3478]

Where are you all mounting your CB's?

Gamber Johnson makes this thing,
https://www.gamberjohnson.com/products/ram-top-dash-mount
for the first responder market, if you want to mount on top of dash.
Hope that works, it's my first attempt at embedding a link.

Myself, I was thinking of cutting out the wireless smartphone charger
that will never be used in the front of the console.

 

[KozyJoe]

I would think so as well. My console is huge, no doubt I could fit a CB radio in there.
On a side note, I'm surprised anyone even uses CBs much anymore. I guess if you get out in real remote areas, just want to party line surf or don't have a smart phone. I remember when we were kids everyone had their own handle even if you didn't own a CB, because someone you knew did.

CB radios are very common, most now have many advanced features.

 

[autkidd]

I’ve toyed with getting a CB. I’m in Class 8 Truck sales and when I’m out hunting loggers it could make things a lot easier when in bad cell service.

 

[gen2600]

Though it's not technically a CB, I have a Yaesu FT-8900R Quad-Band Mobile FM Transceiver. I have a "remote face" for it and I mocked up a crappy little windshield mount for the face and it sits at the internal base of my drivers side a-pillar. The radio itself as well as an external speaker reside behind (yea, behind) the uconnect/screen/headunit. I did this for about 5 years with my previous RAM and one year thus far with this one.

 

[Jedi9]

On my Jeep I mounted above the rear view mirror, up out of the way