anyone able to get a CB antenna to work on a Jeep TJ it's like the old CJ's??

[merlin]

there is a stereo antenna on the right side of the jeep... maybe 15" from where I would like to put the CB antenna... will that cause a lot of problems

Should be no interaction at all.

 

[slowmover]

HOLY S%$T. I have bought these for 1/10 the price. Alhough I would suggest something like this for roof top, there are a couple that are better performers. The Wilson 1000M mag mount, and I have seen a jeep with one stuck just forward the windshild hinge. They are LONG, like 64 inches. Lockheed says they are the best antenna on the planet. (1000 times better than K-40)
There is one other though, the Sirio 5000 performer. About the same length, and similar coil design. I would like to run one through the wringer and see how it compares. It looks like the whip could be fitted with a quick disconnect, or either is flexible enough to be bent over and clipped to a gutter.

Lever release to fold over. Several models, so take time before ordering.

 

[JustinWHT]

The lack of a flat metal ground plane will have a 6 to 9 dB loss (towards direct without ground plane) over a roof top base loaded CB antenna. FR my experience with an antenna mounted 6" from rear of roof on my crew cab compared to center mount.

Fire Stick no ground plane CB antenna.

FGX - Firestik No Ground Plane CB Antenna (Select Length & Color)

FGX - Firestik No Ground Plane CB Antenna

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I've seen antennas mounted on the spare tire bracket and on front bumper.
GMRS Antenna Installation for GMRS UHF antennas, but will give you ideas.

 

[niceguy71]

The lack of a flat metal ground plane will have a 6 to 9 dB loss (towards direct without ground plane) over a roof top base loaded CB antenna. FR my experience with an antenna mounted 6" from rear of roof on my crew cab compared to center mount.

Fire Stick no ground plane CB antenna.

FGX - Firestik No Ground Plane CB Antenna (Select Length & Color)

FGX - Firestik No Ground Plane CB Antenna

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I've seen antennas mounted on the spare tire bracket and on front bumper.
GMRS Antenna Installation for GMRS UHF antennas, but will give you ideas.

JustinWHT ..... it's certainly not easy to get a CB system to work on a Jeep nearly as good as other vehicles. I've been playing with a tail-light mount and a spare tire mount... so far I have yet to get a decent ground for the antenna to work correctly... future plan is on the hood and I believe that will work best for a jeep but still not as good as a vehicle with a roof.

 

[JustinWHT]

I'd go with a no ground plane Fire Stick and mount where convienant.

 

[JustinWHT]

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Is that you Mad Max?

 

[redbeard]

I had the Lil Wil on the angled spare tire mount for a bit and it did well enough.

 

[prcguy]

I looked for the Antenex/Laird CW27 with 67" whip.... no dice anyplace.... I like the idea slowmover said about cutting down a 64" whip to allow me to get a taller antenna if I can get it to cut right

I just snagged another new in package Laird CW27 for $33 on eBay. You need to check more often.

 

[niceguy71]

I just snagged another new in package Laird CW27 for $33 on eBay. You need to check more often.

I didn't think it would be possible! GREAT PRICE... I always try to buy everything new if possible.... meaning from a regular radio equipment seller.... as I don't want something someone has cut shorter or played with... but for that price I would have grabbed it! ... you lucked out!

 

[prcguy]

I didn't think it would be possible! GREAT PRICE... I always try to buy everything new if possible.... meaning from a regular radio equipment seller.... as I don't want something someone has cut shorter or played with... but for that price I would have grabbed it! ... you lucked out!

It’s my third one, I actually wish you would have got it. The other two were slightly used and work fine.

 

[niceguy71]

It’s my third one, I actually wish you would have got it. The other two were slightly used and work fine

thank you PRCGUY but I'm not sure I would have jumped on it.... my good friend with the jeep has Cancer so we have not played with getting his CB set up for a while.... I'd like to just go get his Jeep and get the CB system set up nicely for him... right now he has it plugged into the cigarette lighter..... I'd like to do the RF Bonding on the hood, firewall and cowl pieces .... put a relay from battery to CB so when he shuts off the key it shuts off the CB and I'd love to put a Laird CW27 on the hood.... but he only bought a $20 dollar yard sale CB to mess with me when we go shooting once or twice a year....( he lives 20 miles from me, so we won't be using the CB unless we visit. he really doesn't want me putting an antenna on the hood or going to the trouble of the Bonding or buying him a relay and an Antenna... but he's done a lot for me, so I'd like to set it up for him.... but I think he really won't use it much.... I gave him an old Radio Shack external speaker I had, as with the soft top whistling and big tires it's next to impossible to hear anything in that jeep!
he also doesn't want anything nice in the jeep as it will just get stolen as he lives and goes around the bad city a lot.

 

[jccoon]

On my 97 TJ I’ve managed to get 15-20 miles of range. I’m running a motobilt spare carrier bracket. 102” with a 6” riser and a barrel spring. The unit I’m running is a RoadKing RKCB that may or may not be hypothetically running “32 watts.”

 

[niceguy71]

On my 97 TJ I’ve managed to get 15-20 miles of range. I’m running a motobilt spare carrier bracket. 102” with a 6” riser and a barrel spring. The unit I’m running is a RoadKing RKCB that may or may not be hypothetically running “32 watts.”

great!!! how did you ground the spare tire carrier??
the Jeep I'm working on has the tail light antenna mount and if I grind the paint off the tub behind the mount and grind the paint off the tail light mount....it will rust very quickly... seems I don't have enough of a ground just using the bolts to make the RF happy.

 

[wjm1129]

Get some toothed star washers to put between the mount and the body.

 

[niceguy71]

Get some toothed star washers to put between the mount and the body.

really trying to avoid rust.... on my pick up truck I ground the paint off and used the star washers and grounding straps then painted it and then put under coating all over it........ but I was able to do all that under the truck.... on the jeep there is nothing but painted surfaces where the antenna mount is going. and if I put the star washer I have no way to paint over it afterwards.

 

[prcguy]

great!!! how did you ground the spare tire carrier??
the Jeep I'm working on has the tail light antenna mount and if I grind the paint off the tub behind the mount and grind the paint off the tail light mount....it will rust very quickly... seems I don't have enough of a ground just using the bolts to make the RF happy.

The Jeep tail light mounts I’ve played with had no ground plane to speak of and complicated antenna matching. I don’t think it’s a good place for antennas.

 

[niceguy71]

The Jeep tail light mounts I’ve played with had no ground plane to speak of and complicated antenna matching. I don’t think it’s a good place for antennas.

I'm VERY positive your right and I am still working on getting my friend to drill the hole in the hood like you suggested and I LOVE the look of your Jeep install and want to go that way....
his cancer is bad so I won't play with it for 6 months anyway now... but it's interesting to hear what people have done... I never thought the Spare Tire mount would work out too well... they don't work very good for most people but some people say they get them to work.

On my 97 TJ I’ve managed to get 15-20 miles of range. I’m running a motobilt spare carrier bracket. 102” with a 6” riser and a barrel spring. The unit I’m running is a RoadKing RKCB that may or may not be hypothetically running “32 watts.”

as Jccoon said his spare tire mount and 102 whip works..... I think it's more the 102 whip more than anything... I'm sure the 32 watts helps a great deal too”

 

[slowmover]

What I searched and had to order per Mr Applegate some years back. Maximum contact points for penetrating primer, after paint-only removal.

FWIW, I’ve not ever heard a Jeep with rear antenna worth beans over three decades and far past a million miles. “Gone” in about a mile.

No Ground Plane.

Worse than a pickup with one on a headache rack or tool box. And that’s saying something as at least those might be remedied.

Explored earlier (or elsewhere) is an antenna cowl-mounted. Looks promising.

I hope that’s the outcome. The results are so well worth having “best” antenna design & mount-location that this soon eclipses cool kid fears.

Whats funnier right now than the Monkeypox Motorcycle formerly known as H-D? Performance never mattered, it was always 6th grade “look at me”.

I do have the experience that as things are falling apart on the road by the minute or even the second that the inability to communicate effectively cancels options in play — but not formalized — by the savvy.

I’ve had these jury-rigged attempts try to follow several big trucks as we divert around a serious problem. And they disappear in the dust as haven’t practiced previously the order of precedence in comms atop a lack of map & compass . . so even being somewhat able to hear they can’t correct course across road changes.

Off the road entirely this ought to be seen as a problem-compounded as one hasn’t signage at all.

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[slowmover]

I'm VERY positive your right and I am still working on getting my friend to drill the hole in the hood like you suggested and I LOVE the look of your Jeep install and want to go that way....
his cancer is bad so I won't play with it for 6 months anyway now... but it's interesting to hear what people have done... I never thought the Spare Tire mount would work out too well... they don't work very good for most people but some people say they get them to work.


as Jccoon said his spare tire mount and 102 whip works..... I think it's more the 102 whip more than anything... I'm sure the 32 watts helps a great deal too”

Here’s hoping for success.

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[prcguy]

I'm VERY positive your right and I am still working on getting my friend to drill the hole in the hood like you suggested and I LOVE the look of your Jeep install and want to go that way....
his cancer is bad so I won't play with it for 6 months anyway now... but it's interesting to hear what people have done... I never thought the Spare Tire mount would work out too well... they don't work very good for most people but some people say they get them to work.


as Jccoon said his spare tire mount and 102 whip works..... I think it's more the 102 whip more than anything... I'm sure the 32 watts helps a great deal too”

There are no holes in my Jeep hood, the trunk lip mounts I used just clamp on with no damage. The 67” tall NMO wide band antenna I use is very efficient.