For all you guys on here who have mounted your cb antenna to your spare tire carrier, how is your reception. I'm up in arms about where to mount mine. I want to mount my firestick to my roof rack but then when I look at it, it kind of looks silly and is pretty damn high. I'm looking for the best functionality.

 

I don't have a disco, but I did mount my antenna on my rear bumper "in the corner". I have excellent reception. I had the same problem, I did have my cb antenna mounted on my roof rack, but it looked stupid.

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Let me toss my 2 cents in here.

In m Disco 1 I have 2 ham radios, VHF/UHF and HF that is CB capable.

You WILL ALWAYS have a better signal and ground plane with the antenna in the middle of the roof.

That being said - what area are you going to be in how much of a hit or loss are you willing to take to have a different mount?

I live in a very populated area, and even when playing in the woods I am rarely more than 50 miles from a major center.

I have many repeaters for the ham radio available - and the CB gives me about 25 miles simplex to other mobiles. I am happy not mounting the antenna to the roof but to the back bumpers.

Of course if I were really out in the boonies then I want the antenna at the max height available - but most of my communications are with the others in my group.

Prolly went too far, sorry guys!

 

NO no JC good stuff. I have a magnet mount KC40 antenna that I could also use. I may just end up going that route.