antenna bracket VRC home-made

[59apache]

this is my homemade antenna bracket.
its made out of square tube, on pic2 you can see a reinforcement for the thread. rest ist welding, grinding and cutting.....the small piece of flat iron has 2 threads and is an inlay. only 2 holes to drill in the truck.....

 

[FlatlinesUp]

Looks very strong and a nice design!

 

[tennmogger]

Nice Job!! Your English is better than some of us who speak nothing else.

Bob tennmogger

 

[59apache]

now with antenna...

 

[maddawg308]

I don't like it. Not that you haven't done a great job fabbing up the mount, that looks fantastic. However the location IMHO is bad. Too low to overcome the radio interference caused by the shelter box on the back, plus the antenna looks like it is in a nice convenient location to accidentally touch it while getting in or out of the truck. Pay heed to this decal which is military issue, in reference to this topic - RF energy is deadly.

 

[Billy Bobbed]

Put it on the passenger side.I think 95% of the antennas on these trucks is for show and not for use.Mine will be for show.I cant decide were to put it or them.Nice job on the mount.

 

[59apache]

hi mike,
thanks for your suggestions, i really appreciate it!
the reason for this location was:
keep it low (under 13ft - 4m are the limit in germany)
the shelter is only occasionally on the truck
i've only a cb radio with 1W AM and 4W FM (also th limit in germany) connected to the antenna

i guess under these circumstance is the location ok - if not please correct me!

 

[maddawg308]

With only 4 watts max output on the CB radio, I think you'll be fine. If you were installing an RT-524 radio (the original for that antenna) and had it cranked up you'd have some RF burns at the very minimum when the key was down.

Otherwise, your reasoning for the location make sense now. I still think, however, that if you want any decent distance from your CB contacts, you'll need to remove that cargo box.

 

[Billy Bobbed]

Is it hard to hook a cb to that antenna.What # antenna can you use,3900,1729,3916,MX6707.

 

[59apache]

Military Antenna Conversion Vs. 2.0

i made my conversion without these instructions.....

the base is empty, the shaft from the dialer is cut and i make a 1/4 thread on it and secure it with a nut.
the bnc port ist replaced with a DV27 base from a look like firestick and the cable is connected inside to it.

 

[Billy Bobbed]

Thanks for the link 59apache