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You will officially be an overlander once you get that key item!

 

Cool. That antenna is currently unavailable.

 

Hmmmm. Well how long do you want? Also do you want a thicker fiberglass one that you see a lot of people with or do you want a thin wire one like mine?

 

Which would you recommend? I'd prefer it to not extend over the height of my bed rack to keep it more protected from those scary branches .... as long as having a shorter one (antenna) wouldn't hurt the range too much.

 

Well the beauty of the wire one like mine is it’s so flexible that the branches don’t matter! If you were to go wire, it’d be the same set up as mine. 4’ whip hard mounted on your bedrack right behind the cab. You’d just have to drill a 3/4” hole center of a bed rack cross bar.

And you wouldn’t have to leave it on all the time. It’s very easy to unscrew the antenna and screw on a plastic cap. I only put my antennas on for wheeling. This set up would give you the best range.

If you went fiberglass antenna, a 4’ would extend about 1’ above the bed rack, but it’d be mounted on a spring so bumping it on a low hanging branch wouldn’t be an issue at all.

 

Transferring 35GB of footage from my new gopro to my computer now. Still have to transfer from the old gopro that was mounted on my fender too.

 

I agree with the 4' as well...max length without smacking all sorts of shit. I have a 5' one that is so heavy that if flops itself loose a lot on trail. The cool thing though is that as long as Im in relative line of sight of folks my radio works without the antenna in which Im sure would be the case for whatever one that Boogie selects.

 

I’d be worried about what your SWR is without an antenna, and potentially frying your radio. When I had a 5’ I had this spring. It’s super heavy duty and could handle the weight, would recommend.

HEAVY DUTY STEEL ANTENNA BARREL 4" SPRING - WORKMAN KA-52

$16 Heavy Duty Steel Antenna Barrel 4" Spring - WORKMAN KA-52

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079R9W9VQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Ej1UBbE96002A

 

Yeah the 4' thin wire would work. Looks like I have a perfect spot to drill in the center of my rack near the cab:

 

Yea I already got that spring...it helps to contour the antenna, but also makes it really flop around.

 

What’s nice is it’s cheaper too. No need for a spring and no need for an antenna stud. Just need these two things.

Browning BR-140 CB Land...

$57 Browning BR-140 CB Land Mobile Antenna,Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043I6FJA?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Browning WSPBR1015 Enclosed Nmo 3/4 Hole Mount

$24 Browning WSPBR1015 Enclosed Nmo 3/4 Hole Mount,Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BLCLUJ6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Hn1UBb1SBZ4BH

And one of these if you want to take your antenna off. Don’t want to leave the NMO mount exposed.

Tram 1290 Rain Radio Antenna Cap

$8 Tram 1290 Rain Cap

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00474A1M2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Xn1UBbCX8G1Q3

 

So here's my shopping cart just to make sure I'm not missing anything for the CB setup:

 

You don’t need the 18’ coax that’s at the bottom of the list. Other than that, you got it! And you will need a step bit to drill the hole if you don’t already have one.

 

I've got the step bit already. So do I need a shorter coax or I don't need one at all?

 

The browning NMO hole mount thing is the coax cable and antenna mount all in one.

 

Lol just saw that. Checking out now! Thanks for your guidance! Now you do realize this means you get to help me install it.

 

Obviously! You just need to come over soon and we knock out this laundry list of things you need to do.

 

You are aware the list never ends right? I'm posting a few more pics for ya over on the Lair in just a second.

 

So true. There’s always SOMETHING that needs to be done. Right now I need to replace the bushings on my coilovers and now reboot my drivers side CV axle.