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Hi just wondering if anyone knows anyone in Europe doing these mounts, as I don't want to wait for them to ship from the USA. Suppose I could make them but be nice to have something already fabricated.
Have you tried swapping your existing reversing bulbs with decent LED ones? Mine have made an amazing difference to the point I no longer want to mount something like you’re suggesting. Pretty cheap, 5 minutes to fit and totally inconspicuous.I am.going to mount a reverse light when I find something small enough
Surely the ground plane on these must be horrible?Not seen any like that before, obviously bespoke for the 80 series? Even so that’s a lot of money for what they are IMO. I’d be tempted to make some from a piece of SS plate.
Have you tried swapping your existing reversing bulbs with decent LED ones? Mine have made an amazing difference to the point I no longer want to mount something like you’re suggesting. Pretty cheap, 5 minutes to fit and totally inconspicuous.
Surely the ground plane on these must be horrible?
I think Shayne’s thread titled something like ‘I know nothing about CB’ has some reasonable info and links. Yes, folks do fit them there it’s true and it’s not a bad place aesthetically but from avrafio point of view the best is drilled through the middle of the roof and there’s not many of us want to do that thank you very much. There’s info aplenty on the net but basics are the base must be electricallyvattached to the body of the vehicle OR a decent metal surface to form the poking down bit (as every antenna needs to be a dipole of sorts I.E one leg up, one leg down). You can mount it there and it will probably work close range only.Yeah I did that at the same time and decided not to fit until I really need to.
I am.no expert and not set my radio up yet. Happy yo take advice hear as no less then nothing on cb stuff.
I was working under the impression others fitted them.here so must be ok. Poor i know but all I have to go on