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GCFD112
Number of posts : 152
Registration date : 2011-11-02
Age : 36
Location : Calhoun,GA
| | Subject: Uhf radio antenna placement? Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:57 am | |
| Where is everybody mounting there 1/4 wave antennas for best reception? Im mounting it on a rzr. | |
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firepup
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 374
Registration date : 2010-01-28
Age : 63
Location : Marysville, Ohio
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:48 pm | |
| Top of rear roll bar. Angel it back so tree branches wont hit it. | |
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Gimpy
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 7708
Registration date : 2009-10-01
Location : Louisville, KY
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:59 pm | |
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GCFD112
Number of posts : 152
Registration date : 2011-11-02
Age : 36
Location : Calhoun,GA
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:05 pm | |
| How does the antenna get a good ground being mounted to the plastic roof like that gimpy? | |
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Gimpy
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 7708
Registration date : 2009-10-01
Location : Louisville, KY
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:30 pm | |
| Look close at the yellow plastic over the round connector. It is bolted to the mount with stainless steel screws and then the wire is fed down to a ground bolt behind the drivers seat. On the radio I have, you have to also ground the mic holder bracket, in order to be able to set the radio to scan. | |
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bush
SSXSRider Staff
Number of posts : 6141
Registration date : 2008-06-06
Age : 40
Location : Castlewood VA
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:00 pm | |
| mine is just zip tied to the roll cage in the same spot gimpy's is and it works great. | |
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GCFD112
Number of posts : 152
Registration date : 2011-11-02
Age : 36
Location : Calhoun,GA
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:26 pm | |
| ive got some lights mounted on the backside of my top i wonder if they would interefere with the antenna in any way | |
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Gimpy
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 7708
Registration date : 2009-10-01
Location : Louisville, KY
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:26 pm | |
| - GCFD112 wrote:
- ive got some lights mounted on the backside of my top i wonder if they would interefere with the antenna in any way
They shouldn't. | |
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southernsxscustoms
Number of posts : 8
Registration date : 2012-09-22
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:43 pm | |
| I wanna give a big thanks to kymedic he has gone above an beyond to help us with our radios! | |
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KyMedic
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 215
Registration date : 2012-04-09
Location : Lowmansville, Ky
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:02 pm | |
| No problem. I try to treat everyone the same way I would want to be treated. | |
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KyMedic
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 215
Registration date : 2012-04-09
Location : Lowmansville, Ky
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:33 pm | |
|  I mounted mine in rear of the roof with metal duct tape underneath for a ground plane. These antennas don't need to be grounded, the ground plane is used for better reception and to stabilize the swr. | |
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wvregulators
SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 825
Registration date : 2012-10-27
Age : 63
Location : Indianapolis. and West Virginia
| | Subject: Re: Uhf radio antenna placement? Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:05 pm | |
| learn something new everyday i didnt know they didnt need to be grounded | |
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