which is the preferred location to mount a cb antenna?

edit... mods this is a area specific question, please dont move to the JK CB & HAM Radios forum. thanks.

 

mainly asking due to most of the trails ive been on are quite overgrown.

should i even worry about it?

 

I mounted mine on the spare tire carrier because it came with one. It sits on the right side of the Jeep but with the hard top on it sits behind it. My antenna will whip about a bit but not to bad. I would give you a photo but my camera is drying out from todays run.

 

4' firestick mounted on the spare tire carrier. I placed the mount on the lower driver's side bolts of the spare tire carrier to get the antenna lower. As it is, sticks up about 1' over the roofline. If I had placed it where it was designed to go - it'd be about 2' above the roofline.

Does that make sense?

I used this one:

 

makes sense...

with the mount flipped, does it make a difference in range with the 1' difference?

 

Got me. I only use to communicate w/ jeepers I'm in a group w/. Ive had it reach a mile or so I am sure.

 

had mine attach to the tire carrier was not getting a good singal there

it was not like I could not reach people it just did not perform like I wanted it to think the problem is in the radio though

 

For those with poor RX/TX using short antennas and the spare tire bracket like the one above, try a different bracket or a longer whip and raise the antennas height. Most antennas spec out with 2/3 of the antenna above the top of your vehicle for best performance.

I use a 3' fiberglass mounted to the top of the back of the center brake light and have great reception.

I'll dig up a pic... give me minute

edit:

Here:

 

Same story here. Mounted on the license place frame and hangs out ready to get broke off. I wish I had gone with a center mount.

 

I use this mount with a 3' firestik.