jsalbre
Well-Known Member
That makes more sense now, thanks! And the hood opens with no issues, aside from having to remove the aerial I assume?Here is the NMO trunk lip mount on the hood. I have one on each side although I haven' t run the cables yet. The Larsen dual band 2m/70cm antenna coil pictured is a little larger diameter than the mount and looks a little funny.
The whole point here is the hood is about the only place on the vehicle to get an adequate ground plane for an antenna. Sticking them out the side or up high above any flat sheet metal will seriously reduce the performance and range plus some antennas will never match up right, especially CB antennas.
I've also covered the underside of the plastic cowl parts behind the antenna with a wide aluminum tape that bonds to the vehicle sheet metal below it to extend the ground plane.
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