The mounts are from Arizona Rocky Road. They use the two bolts on the right and left side of the spare tire mount. I am not sure if the antenna's are going to be too close or not, but there are not too many other options for mounting antennas on the JK. I will post pics when I get it all installed.

 

MY bad. When you mentioned about two ARR mounts, I thought you were refering to the ARR Radio mounts for the radios themselves.
I forgot he also carries antenna mounts.

 

I am still trying to decide if I need his radio mount or not. I may eventually spring for it, but for now may look at under dash options. With the 857 seperation kit I don't really need much dash real estate. Also, the GE-MVS I am using for APRS doesn't need to be accessible.

 

I decided I am going to order ARR's radio rack. I ran the power today and started testing my FT-857 and ATAS-120. I am getting high SWRs in VHF, 10m, and 40m. 20m tunes in perfect. I guess I will work on the grounding this weekend after I get done with the VE duties.

 

Also, please let us know if you are picking up noise from the JK on HF. There's been a few that have had a hell of a time with it.

 

I will let you know. Today I was listening to a QSO on 14.259 and it was crystal clear, one station was in Reno, NV and the other station was in VA. Both were coming in 59++.

 

You mentioned your using the ARR antenna mount, I was curious if the ARR mount is stiff enough for the ATAS antenna?
I thought about checking out one of the mounts made by Breedlove.
Iv seen a pic of one that he made that was modified for a JK that mounts by the drivers side taillight.

 

I drove down some washboard roads, dirt roads, and places where there weren't roads and the mount has held up fine. Honestly it does not seem to move anymore than the mount for the Comet antenna.

 

Was that with the engine running?

 

No, come to think of it that was with just the key in the ignition. I did listen in on a QSO this morning, one station was in Maine and he was coming in around a 58. That was with the engine running, driving down the road. I have had a lot of success with the 857's noise blanker. I had this installed in my Liberty before I sold it and have not changed the settings since then.