No hood bending was required on my 23 Wrangler Rubi 2 Dr. However, I think I had to bend the mount a tad to make it look perfect vertically.
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anyone able to get a CB antenna to work on a Jeep TJ it's like the old CJ's??
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niceguy71
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it looked bend in the area where the bracket is... I think my Jeep project's only hope is to drill a hole in the hood.
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I'll check the driver's side tomorrow. You would think it should be identical on both sides.
niceguy71
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I have many jeep friends that swear by the ball mount... and I have a very smart friend that used to put ball mounts and 102 whips on the police cars... he also swears by them!
I've been looking for a jeep for 2 years... I'm the cheapest guy on the planet... this was for sale for $4999.00 for a long time... it was hit in the back and had some bends in the quarters.. but it was a 2015, jacked up, big tires and a winch bumper with Warn winch.... I passed on it.. but I was impressed with the ball mount on the back.
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don't bother to check..... after thinking how my coax was crushed on my brand new Stryker.. I know that, a coax would never go between the hood and cowl... never mind a cb bracket.... that's not going to be an option for me.
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slowmover
I don't think any antenna I put on the tail light mount is going to work... but I was just thinking I wonder what I could put back there ( if I can get that bracket and mount to work) .... my Stryker SAR-10 works pretty damn good on the hood... no matter what direction he turned the signal was always great.... very pleased with it...
so I thought I wonder how this would hold up on the back of a jeep???
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I don't think any antenna I put on the tail light mount is going to work... but I was just thinking I wonder what I could put back there ( if I can get that bracket and mount to work) .... my Stryker SAR-10 works pretty damn good on the hood... no matter what direction he turned the signal was always great.... very pleased with it...
so I thought I wonder how this would hold up on the back of a jeep???
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I already checked this morning. The driver's side is identical to the passenger side. It is a factory bent lip right in the appropriate spot for a lip-mount.
I don't know what it is about a ball mount that makes them work so well, but they're great. On our trucks in the 80s, we all ran steel whips on a ball mount on top of the headache rack. Yeah, the stop lights made them look like a question mark going down the road, but they worked great.
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as well as amazon sells them as a kit.
18 Coax w. Removable PL259 and Terminator Stud
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niceguy71
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funny? perhaps they learned people may need this area for Radio gear someday
niceguy71
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thank you I bought one from Walcott before I saw your reply, thank you again.CB Radio Coax Cable - FIRESTIK FIRERING CB COAX MU-8R18 WITH FME - 18'
FIRESTIK FIRERING CB COAX MU-8R18 WITH FME - 18' Versatile and weather-resistant - that’s the Firestik FireRing MU-8R18! This product features screw-off For Mobile Equipment (FME) ends, so if you have a mobile CB radio, it’s easier to install, drill, and route your cables! Also with its reduced...
as well as amazon sells them as a kit.
18 Coax w. Removable PL259 and Terminator Stud
Check out this Walcott Radio HS818TNKT at www.WalcottRadio.com
slowmover
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Problem with ball mounts today is that they aren’t the quality of yesteryear. This is not minor.
I suggest a search as it’s been discussed here and elsewhere. I’d hold out for genuine Motorola, GE or other names from the past (eBay).
Otherwise go straight to BREEDLOVE.
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I suggest a search as it’s been discussed here and elsewhere. I’d hold out for genuine Motorola, GE or other names from the past (eBay).
Otherwise go straight to BREEDLOVE.
CB Ball Mounts
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niceguy71
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wow, that's a beauty!.... then I saw the price....
this hobby isn't for the poor
You have wonder if they were really proactive in that regard because the bent lips don't serve any other purpose that I can't think off.
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K6GBW
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I ran a Breedlove ball mount on the side of my Colorado pickup with a 6 meter whip. Got confused for the gas company all the time. If I'd thrown some orange cones in the back I could park just about anywhere!
niceguy71
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thanks SlowMover... I sure HOPE this works... I'm giving all this to my friend.... so far I have over $700 into his Jeep..
a good friend is worth a 100 times that
I had this 74 inch Red Devil antenna some-what working and we got 9 miles last summer....... so I thought after doing all the bonding and grinding the paint/ powder coating off the tail light bracket, it would have worked EASILY!
not sure if my 2nd red Devil antenna came defective???
I bought a magnetic 3/8 mount so I can put some of my old 3/8 antenna collection on the magnetic mount and see what works on my F-150 that way when he comes over again I'll have some proven good working antennas....... but the 3/8 magnetic mount will not arrive until April 1st
so now I'm starting on the tail light bracket from scratch..... I have an adapter that will allow me to use the Sirio 5000 ... but the adapter will not come until April...
I really thought I could talk him into the Larsen on the hood... and even showed him how good a hood mount would work with that Stryker SAR-10... 14.90 miles going through a national forest to my base station was pretty darn good... he even had the auto-Squelch on.... and we were both sounding CRYSTAL CLEAR for the entire 14.90 miles... so I'm sold on the hood Larsen.... if I could only convince his wife... it worked great, especially for a 6.90 watt CB that fits inside of a cigarette pack.
I have a ton of parts coming.. seems most of the CB parts I order, take 3 to 4 weeks to arrive ( must be coming from China ) looking forward to finishing it.
niceguy71
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I was looking at the tail light bracket... if installed correctly it should ground plane as good as a ball mount???? ....but there is still no flat metal on the jeep to reflect as a ground plane...... but if you look at this guy using a larger than suggested bolt.... I would think that big tail light bracket would work pretty good compared to the Ball mount.
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Maybe I missed it, did anyone recommend the Terrflex tail light mount for TJ's?
niceguy71
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the jeep I'm working on doesn't have the Terraflex.... but it's very similar... lot of heavy thick metal
