CB Antenna Mount
Has anyone designed a bracket to mount a CB mast antenna at the back of a C6 coupe? I've seen the reinforced license plate bracket approach but that seems too extreme for me. There is a clear segment of the rear frame between the two exhaust tips and there is even a starter hole drilled there. Seems like a good place to install a bracket that extends backward and downward (kind of like a trailer hitch frame).
If nothing's available, I'll probably try and build something and let you all know how it turns out. |
Why are you trying to put a CB radio in a corvette??? :ack:
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Originally Posted by tich2001
Why are you trying to put a CB radio in a corvette??? :ack:
To find the smokies :lol: |
Yesterday, I saw a car with a CB # license plate, and wondered if anyone still used CBs. Do all truckers still have them?
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Originally Posted by C6BOB
Yesterday, I saw a car with a CB # license plate, and wondered if anyone still used CBs. Do all truckers still have them?
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I find CB to be annoying and useless most of the time for road info- clogged by truckers with small brains, big mouths, and too much time on their hands. Not all truckers are like that, but enough to trash out the radio.
On the other hand, it's virtually a necessity for traveling with a group of cars. Our club always uses CB for our road trips and anyone without it misses half of the fun. So, I'm also looking for a way to mount the antenna on my Coupe. |
Club Cruises
Yep,
What he just said. The CB is great for club cruises and for listening to the truckers call out the "smokey" locations and the road hazards. As members have stated, there is a lot of crap on the air but there is still enough useful info to make using a CB on road trips and club cruises worthwhile. Sounds like there are no other commercial mounting systems for the C6 so I'll be designing my own. I'll post pic's when it is done. |
Are you serious?
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Originally Posted by tich2001
Why are you trying to put a CB radio in a corvette??? :ack:
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I used this C5 one as a guide and made one for about 1/4th the cost: http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=2.308.2926. Slips behind the plate and attaches with the plate screws. I only put it on for club trips.
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The idea sounds neat but I'd worry about cracking the bumper or pulling the plate screws out of the car- do they seat into something solid? There's a lot of air force on the antenna at high speeds, especially if you use one of those thick fiberglass ones. A few people in our club used the license plate mount on their C5's, and the antenna is tilted back about 45' at 100 mph. Of course much of the bending could be in the mount itself, not in the bumper.
Anyone else use that system? |
Originally Posted by Indy-hp
I used this C5 one as a guide and made one for about 1/4th the cost: http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=2.308.2926. Slips behind the plate and attaches with the plate screws. I only put it on for club trips.
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Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
I find CB to be annoying and useless most of the time for road info- clogged by truckers with small brains, big mouths, and too much time on their hands. Not all truckers are like that, but enough to trash out the radio.
On the other hand, it's virtually a necessity for traveling with a group of cars. Our club always uses CB for our road trips and anyone without it misses half of the fun. So, I'm also looking for a way to mount the antenna on my Coupe. Just too many pea brains on Comic Book Radio. Go for a police scanner with one of those glass mounts just make sure there isn't any tint between the glass and mount. |
Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
The idea sounds neat but I'd worry about cracking the bumper or pulling the plate screws out of the car- do they seat into something solid? There's a lot of air force on the antenna at high speeds, especially if you use one of those thick fiberglass ones. A few people in our club used the license plate mount on their C5's, and the antenna is tilted back about 45' at 100 mph. Of course much of the bending could be in the mount itself, not in the bumper.
Anyone else use that system? This reminds me of those cop-wanna-bees (ambulance chasers with the big american sedan police lookalike undercover cars :rofl: with a whole bunch of different antennas on the roof with some weird looking fat guy driving :lol: |
My C5 had a "no ground plane" antenna mounted horizontally in the cargo net. Totally stealth, the range was about 1/2 mile max, only 1/4 mile in traffic. Not quite enough to keep in touch with a large group. I tried a magnetic mount antenna behind the seats and it wasn't any better, in fact not quite as good. A hand-held radio is even worse, unless you connect it to a good antenna.
I don't like antennas on the outside of the car but I'll use it only for group cruises where the extra range is needed. For that, outside seems the only way to go. So, how strong is the license plate mount on a C6? |
Back Plate for CB Antenna Mount to back of C6
Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
(Post 1554081141)
My C5 had a "no ground plane" antenna mounted horizontally in the cargo net. Totally stealth, the range was about 1/2 mile max, only 1/4 mile in traffic. Not quite enough to keep in touch with a large group. I tried a magnetic mount antenna behind the seats and it wasn't any better, in fact not quite as good. A hand-held radio is even worse, unless you connect it to a good antenna.
I don't like antennas on the outside of the car but I'll use it only for group cruises where the extra range is needed. For that, outside seems the only way to go. So, how strong is the license plate mount on a C6? |
Someone used to make a CB antenna that went through the window glass. Both ends stuck to the glass and there was no need to cut anything. Kinda like the old cell phone antennas. You' ll have to hunt around to find one of these.
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Originally Posted by C6BOB
(Post 1554056241)
Yesterday, I saw a car with a CB # license plate, and wondered if anyone still used CBs. Do all truckers still have them?
Matt |
CB was fashionable, what, 9 years ago when this thread meant something to someone? :toetap:
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