Date:         Sun, 20 Feb 2000 10:08:27 -0800
Reply-To:     Stephen Arbaugh <sneakers@OZ.NET>
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From:         Stephen Arbaugh <sneakers@OZ.NET>
Subject:      Re: C.B. ant. mount
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To: LAWS HOME <backintime@TRITON.NET>
Subject: Re: C.B. ant. mount
Cc:

At 08:46 AM 02/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
<snippage>
>There is  another option, but it requires drilling a hole in your Westies
>roof. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!  Ok, calm down take deep breaths. Another way to do
>this would be to mount a 102" whip on the rear bumper. (requires a hole too)
>. The best placement for a cb antenna on any vehicle in center of mass.
<more snippage>

When I bought my '85 westy, the drilling had already been done. There was a
hole in the front center of the luggage rack, and under that a hole in the
metal roof. So, being that it was already there, I cleaned them up and used
them to mount a base-load whip up there for the side band. It required
running new cable down the windshield pillars as the PO had pulled all the
wires out and removed the mount (more hassle than it was worth IMO).
However, the antenna placement worked great, many conversations with folks
in distant places. Then some cretin decided he needed my radio more than I
did and helped himself. One of these days I'll replace it....

steve
'85 westy
kent, wa