Well I would try to move it higher than your ARB bumper (i used a door jamb mount and it works really well, just put it on the right side of the hatch) and also you found it in the woods....there might be something wrong with it electrically.
I don't know the height of the antenna you are using...
So Murf,
I was thinking of doing this with my 62, but a co-worker brought up an interesting point when I explained it to him.
He said that if you have em both going on at the same time, there is gonna be a lot of heat right in that spot and it can adversely affect the CB's performance. Have...