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Cb aerial?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:49 pm
by Matt
Where do you guys mount your cb aerials? I'm planning on mounting mine tomorrow but unsure where to put it? Thanks

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:59 pm
by donkeychomp
Put mine on the nearside front wing, close to the windscreen pillar, then it could bend back and be clipped down on the roll hoop.

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:49 pm
by twiss
I mounted mine on the back bumper
I've got a 1.5m whip antenna, sticks up higher than the top of the roof and makes driving through low car parks very amusing!
I need to dig it out and put it back on really :)

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:40 am
by timwilks13
i have mine on the driver side front wing just above the headlights.

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:44 am
by ScottieJ
Mine is mounted to the tailgate at the rear, my fathers is mounted to the n/s rear wing

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I don't like them up front, it annoys me them swinging around and i always think the aerial is going to ping back and chip my windscreen :lol:

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:37 am
by RickUK
Are these still being used,not used Childrens Band since the late 70's,that was when it was exciting when it was illigal :thumbup:

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:40 am
by ScottieJ
Yeah it's the perfect way to chat while out in a group offroading, really helps while driving in convoy to meets as well.

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:56 am
by RickUK
@ScottieJ,never really thought about it in that aspect,but saying that would be no good for me as they call me 'Billy no mates' :hahaha: :hahaha:

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:49 pm
by twiss
Even driving around with 2 cars is made much more interesting when you can communicate!
I'm looking at doing ham radio licenses as a bit of a hobby.
Not really popular with off roading, but with a quad band radio you can pick up some interesting stuff!

Re: Cb aerial?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:42 pm
by trotter
Cb guy in maplins reckons you ideally want it as high as possible and in the middle of the roof to get the biggest ground plain for receiving.