I read the forums but have never posted. But...
We took delivery of a new Kenworth eliptical tanker. The factory installed the antenna mounts & ran coax to the console. I put a PCTEL Maxrad MLB DC Series 30-35 DC Ground Antenna on the mount that I already had new in the package at the station. Today the local radio company came out mounted headset & radio etc. Radio is Motorola Maratrac. Tech. tried to tune antenna, no go. He called me and said the roof if fiberglass antenna and has no grounding. I even have a MONR-33 scanner all band antenna and he said the scanner hardly picks up highband channels let alone low bands. We use 33.72 Mhz.
Anyone have any options? I don't see any low band antenna without ground planes, I see 130mhz & 440 etc. no ground planes. Someone suggested putting foil or metal up under the headliner? Is putting metal strip on the roof & ground it an option?
Thanks in advance,
Chad Graybill
Bart Twp Fire Co. www.bart51.com
Lancaster Co. PA
We took delivery of a new Kenworth eliptical tanker. The factory installed the antenna mounts & ran coax to the console. I put a PCTEL Maxrad MLB DC Series 30-35 DC Ground Antenna on the mount that I already had new in the package at the station. Today the local radio company came out mounted headset & radio etc. Radio is Motorola Maratrac. Tech. tried to tune antenna, no go. He called me and said the roof if fiberglass antenna and has no grounding. I even have a MONR-33 scanner all band antenna and he said the scanner hardly picks up highband channels let alone low bands. We use 33.72 Mhz.
Anyone have any options? I don't see any low band antenna without ground planes, I see 130mhz & 440 etc. no ground planes. Someone suggested putting foil or metal up under the headliner? Is putting metal strip on the roof & ground it an option?
Thanks in advance,
Chad Graybill
Bart Twp Fire Co. www.bart51.com
Lancaster Co. PA