Is this good ground?

[xerofall]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/Surlon/Jeep/PA050002.jpg

My antenna mount is on my plate...(Ignore the second hole... it was a test hole, lol.)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/Surlon/Jeep/PA050004.jpg

[donnie]

Cant really tell from the pic, but the mount looks like a Cool Tec mount.
I just installed one on mine and they included a ground strap that went from the bracket mounting bolt, out thru the bottom of the tail light housing, to one of the bumper mounting bolts.
Hope this helps.

[xerofall]

It's not the Cool Tec mount, it was a modified mount I picked up at a truck stop... then screwed it on the inside of the plate frame. I accidentally put it on backwards, creating the afore mentioned test hole.

I'm thinking the ground is on a good spot, touching metal at least. I can hear truckers occationally, so I'm fairly certain I got it installed correctly. Tested with the SWR meter and got 2 on both 1 and 40, that's as good as I could get it.

I even bought a more expensive antenna with a tunable tip, but could never get it under 2 no matter what I did.

[RedneckJeep]

Yup, the ground location looks ok....but what size wire is that? It needs to more substantial, I believe.

[donnie]

If Im not mistaken, the CoolTec kit includes a 12 ga ground wire that goes from the mount to a bolt that attatches the bumper to the frame.
You may have to increase the ground wire size and see if it helps

[sin52]

Good location just go a little thicker. I would/did when I ran a ground.

[xerofall]

Cool thanks for the info... I will get a thicker wire.