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Fitting CB to TD5 Disco

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Landyrover:
Very nice installation... I've just refitted my CB onto my Td5 Disco. Ariel fixed to a gutter mount above the drivers door. Quite neat but I can't seem to get a decent earth - the SWR meter indicates 2.5, needs to below 1.5 really - any suggestions??

Cheers,

Nick

thermidorthelobster:
Mine should be earthing through the roof rack and also where the fitting goes through the roof, but I'm still not getting a particularly marvellous SWR.  The normal thing is to make sure you scratch through the paint at the gutter mount.  Bear in mind it's steel, though, so if you do this, it'll also rust.  One solution is to scrape away the paint, do up the nuts, and then dab some petroleum jelly around it;  this'll stop the rust for a while.

Landyrover:
Yes, good advice, have already done this... wondered about drilling a hole directly through the gutter and using this to bolt the mount to the vehilce, and thereby get a better earth?

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