What's the best way to mount the included antenna?
1478244
The antenna is a small light weight antenna and doesn't take much to mount. In my case, I purchased a roof mount tripod and it serves the purpose very well. The antenna is made so that it is easy to adapt, you can use a gable or chimney mount, if your in an apartment, they make a clamp on mount for the handrail on your deck and so on. As for the best way, on top of your roof up high enough to clear other buildings will give you best range. Now you didn't say which antenna you have, if you have the "rubber duckie" that plugs into the back of the unit, I had mine sitting on a shelf in my den and it covered my whole property no problem.
1478245
Concur with previous comments. Best to mount it outdoor, chimney mount, using pipe, some strapping, and the brackets that come with the antenna.
1478246
I mounted mine on the corner of my house attached to a couple of sections of pipe and got it up pretty high and it work very well. I was getting a 5 mile range until all the sudden I couldn't get a mile and I don't know what happened but for the time it worked really well in that configuration I used about 50 feet of coax
1478247
The antenna is a small light weight antenna and doesn't take much to mount. In my case, I purchased a roof mount tripod and it serves the purpose very well. The antenna is made so that it is easy to adapt, you can use a gable or chimney mount, if your in an apartment, they make a clamp on mount for the handrail on your deck and so on. As for the best way, on top of your roof up high enough to clear other buildings will give you best range. Now you didn't say which antenna you have, if you have the "rubber duckie" that plugs into the back of the unit, I had mine sitting on a shelf in my den and it covered my whole property no problem. The antenna is a small light weight antenna and doesn't take much to mount. In my case, I purchased a roof mount tripod and it serves the purpose very well. The antenna is made so that it is easy to adapt, you can use a gable or chimney mount, if your in an apartment, they make a clamp on mount for the handrail on your deck and so on. As for the best way, on top of your roof up high enough to clear other buildings will give you best range. Now you didn't say which antenna you have, if you have the "rubber duckie" that plugs into the back of the unit, I had mine sitting on a shelf... » Read More The antenna is a small light weight antenna and doesn't take much to mount. In my case, I purchased a roof mount tripod and it serves the purpose very well. The antenna is made so that it is easy to adapt, you can use a gable or chimney mount, if your in an apartment, they make a clamp on mount for the handrail on your deck and so on. As for the best way, on top of your roof up high enough to clear other buildings will give you best range. Now you didn't say which antenna you have, if you have the "rubber duckie" that plugs into the back of the unit, I had mine sitting on a shelf in my den and it covered my whole property no problem. « Show Less
1478248
I used an old teacher ball pole. You know the ones in a tire with cement. Worked great.
1478249
The aerial is mounted on a 1 to 2 inch pipe running parallel to the aerial. The pipe should be about 4inches long. You can also use the same pipes and fittings that you use to mount a sattelite dish for tv reception. All those items, the bracket, the pipe etc are readily available from retail fitment centres. It's not expensive to mount the aerial and quite easy when you see it.
1478250
As high as possible. I've seen a few folks with old TV antenna masts I may offer to purchase. I currently have the antenna mounted to a 20 foot metal pole and I can drive up to two miles out. Research suggests 50feet high would reach up to 5 miles out. The metal bracket that came with wouldn't fit so I opted to go with some metallic heavy-duty tape and its been up for months through wind rain and cold.
1371420
You need a wiring harness, mounting bracket and most likely an antenna harness too
955572
You are required to use an external antenna that you qill directly screw to the routeur
640216
A Gumdrop mount ----&gt; http://www.amazon.com/Radio-GumDrop-Beehive-Antenna-Surface/dp/B00JNC6R8K
1583815
That is the CB I'm using with it. You remove the rubber duckie, and attach the coax. It seems to me that having some sort of plug for the duckie mount would be nice, but you're on your own there.
1618880
You're going to need an antenna, cable and the antenna mount, good ground, and 'tune' the antenna .
1847412
Just plug the cable where your cable/antenna would go and point the antenna in the direction of the strongest signal and you are good to go. There are several web sites that will give you guidance on what direction to point your antenna, just do a web search for antenna direction.
941711
I did exactly that...one trip to home depot. I picked up a very sturdy flag mount that screws down with four screws. I also grabbed an 8 inch piece of galvanized pipe that had threads on one end along with a plastic cap that screws on to those threads. Mount the flag base on the roof, put the pipe in as you would a flag, and attach the antenna securely....going on one year now and still satisfied.
1371801
You should ground it. There is a grounding kit available from the manufacturer, but you can do it yourself. Another option is moving the antenna down. Mine is only 7 feet off the ground and it works perfectly. You may not need to have it up so high. Also consider an inline coax surge protector.
1894796
Antenna comes with a bracket to attach to a pole. Pole needs to be purchased separately.
997409
I'd go for the trunk lip mount, that's what I did. There's also a magnetic mount. The best spot to mount an antenna, especially a CB is going to be on the top of the vehicle with the biggest whip you can get. Mine is a 60 inch whip so it sticks well above the roof of the car. Some folks get those firesticks and mount them in the bed of their truck and from what I've been told they barely radiate a signal forward. I just installed and and I have found CB to be mostly useless in the city anyway, and when I have needed it on the highway it does fine. My VHF/UHF antenna is TLP/NMO mount off to the side. My cb is in the center of the trunk. I don't have problems. Hope this helps.
113534
Trial and error would be your best bet. If you have a previous cable provider you can connect the antenna in to the input and send the signal throughout your home of course that would mean mounting it outside. I did this and it worked great.
284992
You don't really need a mounting kit, but you would get a really nicer looking fit and have an easier installation, having the wire harness and the antenna adapter.
78574
You will need a mount kit (which goes for under $20 here on Amazon, so not sure if it's worth the time to engineer your own for that price. Search for "Intex mount kit".)
1607298
The mounting bracket that the antenna screws into needs to be GROUNDED..to the vehicle if not clamped to metal on the vehicle. Your answer is YES, you need a good ground on the bracket or mount that the antenna screws into! Hope this helps..Paul
1328396
The pole that you see in the photo is not included. A standard TV mast available at most hardware stores will be suitable for mounting this antenna on.
78805
The antenna comes with a bracket and U-bolts. You can mount it on a pole or whatever the bolts will fit. I use mine in the RV, so have a wooden base with with a two foot piece of two inch diameter pipe mounted to it.The antenna is passive. Connect to phone input or amplifier. No external power is needed.