Posted by JDseller on July 30, 2011 at 20:51:34 from (208.126.196.144):
I have a problem with a CB radio antenna that I mounted on a Fiberglass hood. The hood already had a hole there from a previous commercial radio mount. The CB antenna will not work correctly mounted on the hood. I can take the same antenna and mirror mount it an it works perfectly. Does the base mount of a CB antenna have to be grounded??? That is the only difference I can think of that would cause any problems.
I know that the low mounting height will limit the range of the radio but we only need them for field and granary communication. So one mile would be plenty far. 1/2 mile would work.
The hood mount works much better mechanically. So if I can get it to work electrically I would like to keep this mounting point.
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