jsherman

jeepinoutwest: thanks for the heads up. i personally like DadsCJ's idea...and when I finally take delivery on the JK...i'll most likely do exactly the same.

jsherman

how about the length of the antenna? most recommended size?

DadsCJ

I have a 48" stick on mine as it sticks above the roof line about a foot or so. That is all you really need. Anymore and it hits everything on the trail and makes a heck of a noise and I have already lost the little red tip off my antenna.

jeepinoutwest

I dont suggest more than 48" as that one already whips back and forth violently on the trail hitting your jeep and causing stress on the mount. I'd actually consider a 36" next time, they seem to whip a lot less purely as a result of physics.

Rubimon

I saw a thread where a guy mounted his to the spare tire mount, between the door and the spare. It looked pretty clean.

jpzjk

Kilby has these....A long steel lugnut with an aluminum tube that slides over it. Need to always have a hex key to remove the mount prior to removing the spare and some lubricant to keep the disimilar metals from rusting to eachother. My wife has one on her KJ and it works great. Antenna and spring/quick disconnect not included.

Good luck

ThinkMud

I just got a cheep Cobra 3 from walmart only like 35 bucks, but i can't figure out where to mount it?? it's small, but I don't see any good place around the console or dash to mount it?

Any suggestions? and we got one for my girl friend's 06 Rubicon unlimited too, so any suggestions to mount it on hers would be great too!

the antenna, i'll probably just drill a hole in the spare tire bracket and mount one there...

rfrogman

Here is a license plate mount on a JK from Giga Parts. You can easily use for a CB instead of the Amateur Radio antenna I'm using.



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