Wildgood- that spot on top of dash above heater vents may be a decent spot for you.

FOr those lucky few that have the center console still in you can (I have) mount CB here.

And for the Antenna. I have a mount on the tailgate that holds a 4ft firestick.

If you do this and have the Swing-a-way bumper. mount the antenna closer to the door hindges. I didn't and I have to swing the tire all the way to open the door all the way. the antenna mount hits the jack bracket, OOps.

The francis is a 3/4 wave antenna, i.e. 3 times the wire than a steel ant. alot of clubs do not alow steel whips for safety reasons, the best place to mount a antenna for electrical ground plane is dead center of the rig on the targa bar above your dome light, any where else it will be directional, no biggie unless you can't turn your rig.

Wild: I have my CB unit mounted on top of the center of the dash, just above the pocket that's over the middle vents. In this position, the little built-in speaker bounces the sound out of the pocket on top of the dash right into my ears, it's nice and loud now!

Mounting my CB under the dash was out for me, mainly because I'm 6'5" and need all the legroom I can get!!!LOL!!!

Big_Bad_brian and HotRod: I have my antenna mounted pretty much in the same exact place! It seems to work pretty well, especially once I got the new cable and whip...

I just stopped by the local Radio Shack and picked up a 102" stainless whip to put on my Sammy.  I am going to be using an old school fender ball mount on the rear fender.  I am also going to be putting one on the opposite fender for a highband antenna for my fire dept radio system.  Not sure on the CB yet or where it will be mounted.

Kevin

I just stopped by the local Radio Shack and picked up a 102" stainless whip to put on my Sammy.  I am going to be using an old school fender ball mount on the rear fender.  I am also going to be putting one on the opposite fender for a highband antenna for my fire dept radio system.  Not sure on the CB yet or where it will be mounted.

Kevin

I don't know where you wheel, but around here fender mounted cb antennas are the first thing for a tree to grab onto.  My tires are 77" rubber to rubber and I still rub my flares sometimes.  The people that aren't as wide rubbered as me rub the fenders.  If they had anything mounted on them, it would be gone.  My 2 cents.
Brian

Yeah, definately! That's why I didn't put it on the side, because I knew it would be ripped off on my next offroad trip!

And actually if your fire department runs on the VHF band(|removethispart|@155mhz), the antennas I've seen for that range are only 18" tall...

Here's a couple pics I just snapped of my setup:

My CB unit:


My antenna mount:


The CB model I have can be had at walmart for $29.96 and according to the local CB shop, "it's a good little unit". The CB shop wanted $54 for the same exact model. Where I have it mounted on the dash works pretty well and seems to amplify the sound coming from the small speaker underneath the unit. Even rolling down the highway with the windows down on swampers, I don't need to go above 1/2 volume.

The antenna mast I got from the CB shop for $16.96, the cable from the same place was $16.96, the spring for the base of the mast was $4.99 from radio shack and the mount itself I made with a piece of aluminum angle I had laying around and a mounting stud bought from radio shack for $5-$6. Overall it seems to work really well and is really simple to operate, without any fancy side-bands or extra controls to figure out. It might not be the best performing setup out there, but it does the job much better than one of those "emergency" setups with the cig lighter plug and slap on magnet mount!

I wanna see some of your guy's mounts. More pics!

I moved my head unit today to be where the ashstray was. The Uniden I have is as wide as the ashtray was, so I didn't even have to cut anything, just slid it in, tightened to mount bracket screws onto the ashtray mount plate, looks good.  Now for the antenna!

PS- just remember, it's not a rear fender, that's called a 1/4 panel  

Het HotRod- where'd ya get that antenna mount? That is nice.

Yeah, definately! That's why I didn't put it on the side, because I knew it would be ripped off on my next offroad trip!

And actually if your fire department runs on the VHF band(|removethispart|@155mhz), the antennas I've seen for that range are only 18" tall...

I generally don't wheel very narrow trails.  The ball mount should work out good for my situation.  The 18" VHF antennas are a 1/4 wave antenna.  I am looking at a Pro-am model CX-144.  It is a 5/8 wave that uses a 3/8 x 24 mount instead of the normal NMO mount that is common to the VHF stuff.  This antenna is 49" tall.

My current truck has a VHF/UHF on the front fender, a VHF for the FD on the roof (drilled mount), a VHF low on the driver side rear and a 102" whip on the pass rear.  The VHF/UHF and the 102" whip are run off of my IC-706MkIIG for amateur use from the 40 meter band through the 440 band.  The VHF that is roof mounted and the VHF low (46mhz)  are used for my Kenwood TK-690/790 for the fire department.

I still think that a 102" whip is the best CB antenna out there!

Kevin
N2ZPY

To keep the ant. from smacking the back of your rig, Take a tennis ball and poke holes in it and slide it down over your ant.

       My c.b.  is mounted to the roof above my head so it stays dry and you can here it better.  I  Also run a 1000 watt linear to make sure im heard.  LOL

My c.b.  is mounted to the roof above my head so it stays dry and you can here it better.  I  Also run a 1000 watt linear to make sure im heard

This is why some circles in the radio world refer to CB as the "Childrens Band"

Kevin
N2ZPY

Het HotRod- where'd ya get that antenna mount? That is nice.

You can probley find it at local CB shops. I found mine at a Stereo Store, They had a whole corner for CB stuff.