When I'm done driving the big truck for the day, I'm thinking about putting
the cb in my pickup, at the end of the day.

My situation is, I park in the garage every night. I have an aluminum
camper top on the bed. I also have those darn plastic mirrors.

I really don't want to drill a hole in the body of the bed. I really don't
want a whip style mounted on the bumper.

I've looked on Sparky's site for some ideas. I really need a creative mind
to help me out here.

Can I mount a fiberglass antenna on my back bumper, basically where the
bumper wraps around towards the rear wheel? I can't mount anything in the
way of the tailgate. So, I would have to mount on the side of the bumper.

Ok, so you see how this is driving me nuts. How about a lil help?

Thanks.

try this url for your antenna mount -
http://www.pro-fit-intl.com/lpant.html

"Curly" wrote in message
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When I'm done driving the big truck for the day, I'm thinking about
putting the cb in my pickup, at the end of the day.

My situation is, I park in the garage every night. I have an aluminum
camper top on the bed. I also have those darn plastic mirrors.

I really don't want to drill a hole in the body of the bed. I really don't
want a whip style mounted on the bumper.

I've looked on Sparky's site for some ideas. I really need a creative mind
to help me out here.

Can I mount a fiberglass antenna on my back bumper, basically where the
bumper wraps around towards the rear wheel? I can't mount anything in the
way of the tailgate. So, I would have to mount on the side of the bumper.

Ok, so you see how this is driving me nuts. How about a lil help?

Thanks.

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:53:39 -0400, "Curly" wrote in
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When I'm done driving the big truck for the day, I'm thinking about putting
the cb in my pickup, at the end of the day.

My situation is, I park in the garage every night.


There's your problem. Altitude is everything -- if you don't have the
clearance to get into the garage then you don't have enough height for
anything more than a rubber ducky. And mounting a larger antenna to
the bumper isn't going to make much difference if the top isn't any
higher.

Basically you have three options:

1. Don't park in the garage;
2. Remove the antenna before pulling into the garage; or
3. A large whip mounted to the bumper and tied forward, but it won't
work very well unless you untie the whip.

Let's face it, CB is a large wave and needs a large antenna to be effective.
If you don't want to play the game, don't bother. Base loaded antennas and
magnet mounts really cramp your style and should be avoided, although a
Wilson 1000 mag mount did give acceptable results once on a rental car's roof.

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:47:21 -0400, Scott in Baltimore
wrote in
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Let's face it, CB is a large wave and needs a large antenna to be effective.
If you don't want to play the game, don't bother.


VERY well said!