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Antenna Mount
CB Rack
with CB attached.
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Doug Chartier's CB Rack
June 2002
I went and met Doug Chartier and what a nice guy. He helped me
install my CB Rack and custom fit it to my YJ when I showed up.
Lucky for me, he is a local Houstonian. I decided I would do it
right, unlike the
last time. I haven't had any
noise issues and it has been performing superbly. After
you install it you had better tighten the six nuts that hold it
together down. I had one fall off on my last road trip
because of the long-term vibrations. No big deal though.
I
mounted the antenna mount directly to the body after
pondering many of the mounting options. It was a heavy
duty mirror mount that has a back plate the same as the
front. The coax cable runs right through where the back
window and the corner of my soft top come together.
I
ran the coax through the padding on the roll bar and ran
two power lines and a ground through the padding also. I
just have to figure out what I want to power up there
next.
I have a 5 foot Wilson "Silver Load" antenna, a
3 foot "Wal-mart" antenna (pictured) and a 4
foot whip antenna. I use the little whip antenna most
because my Wilson hits in the parking garage at work. The
3- footer turned out to be bad when tested with an SWR
meter so I scrapped it.
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