Michael Sullivan wrote: > > > > >From my past research gutter mounts don't give the > >best performance unless "dualled" on both sides of the vehicle. > > Why is this? Please explain as I too am interested in CBs. >
Hi: A couple of years ago someone posted a message about ground plane on Westys, or rather lack of ground plane, and had a seemingly good solution to fixing the proplem. The fiberglass top does not act as a good ground plane so he pointed out that you can go to a CB store and get wire that you glue or silicone to the top of the vehicle in a star shape. Make the star as large as the top will allow. The more points you make on the star the better the ground plane. As I remember I think you have to run a wire from the star over to the antenna ( which is located in the middle of the star) and ground it to the antenna. The antenna can be a magnetic mount. Just get a piece of metal (maybe galvanized), paint it up and silicone it to the middle of the top and stick the antenna to it. As large as a Westy top is I think it should then act great as a ground plane. Perhaps the orignal person that posted this idea can verify that I got it right.
-- Todd Francis Ridgefield, Washington USA '86 Westy Syncro '91 Tristar |
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