It's tough to find a good place to mount a radio in a Jeep. There is not alot of
spare room to put anything. The antenna was the biggest obsticle because of
the composit roof. A magnet won't stick to it and there is no ground plane. I ended
up mounting the Yaesu FT-8800 head next to the parking brake and the radio is mounted
under the seat. For the antenna, I formed a bracket and mounted it to the spare tire
holder which is made of aluminum. I installed a NMO mount so I can change the
antenna's from ham to scanner easily. The horizontal ground planes keep the swr
at a minimum. I edited this post to add a picture of the bracked I made to mount the
antenna. Also a pic of a yagi for people who are really strapped for space...it really
works on 800Mhz.
spare room to put anything. The antenna was the biggest obsticle because of
the composit roof. A magnet won't stick to it and there is no ground plane. I ended
up mounting the Yaesu FT-8800 head next to the parking brake and the radio is mounted
under the seat. For the antenna, I formed a bracket and mounted it to the spare tire
holder which is made of aluminum. I installed a NMO mount so I can change the
antenna's from ham to scanner easily. The horizontal ground planes keep the swr
at a minimum. I edited this post to add a picture of the bracked I made to mount the
antenna. Also a pic of a yagi for people who are really strapped for space...it really
works on 800Mhz.
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