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metz:
I'm just about to fit my cb in the Vitara but i'm having difficulty locating a good place to mount  the aerial. As its a soft top version theres not much roof to stick the magmount on so i thought about fitting it somewhere on the rear without the magmount. but there doesn't seem to be many places to attach it.

Has anyone else fitted theirs?

I had thought about fitting some steel plate to the spare wheel holder but it just doesn't look right...its got to look good aswell as being practical haha.

Cate:
I was told they are better fitted towards the front of the vehicle, better signal.

AbyssDJ:
as far as i know, they're best mounted in the middle of whatever youre mounting them on... if that makes sense? ie. smack in the middle of the roof is the ideal place if you're putting it on a roof.... so as close to that as possible?

that said though, ours is just on a gutter mount above the front passengers door, and works fine

V8MoneyPit:
It really depends on whether you are happy to drill the car or not. If you are, you have more choice of mounts.

Take a look at the antenna mounts on one of the CB websites like www.thunderpole.co.uk and see if any of them look useful.

The key is to get a good earth plane. So the larger the steel panel you fit to, the better. The positioning on the vehicle (or the panel) defines the 'spead' of signal. As a rather over simplified rule, if the antenna is towards the front of the car, you will get better range rearwards and visa virca. Having said that, most of our use is very short range (like green laning), so it's not normally critical.

Well, that is the way my uneducated mind understands it. I'm sure I will be corrected if I'm wrong!!

Might be worth posting this in the 'elecrtonics' section so you stand more chance of the experts spotting it.

metz:
cheers guys, thanx moneypit i will post in there too.

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