CB Antenna location and Size (1 Viewer)

[PKP80]

So,
I bought the Cobra WXST II and am in the market for an Antenna, cables, and mount, which leads to 2 questions:
1.) I want to mount the antenna to the stock bumper by replacing one of the studs under the turning light, Anyone done that, or know which mount would work best?
2.) I am looking at the Firestick antenna kit 4 foot, is that the correct height, or does it need to be shorter/longer? My understanding is that the length of the Antenna is a very important factor.

Thank you in advance

Sam

 

[landtank]

I went with a 4' wilson with a tuneable tip and mounted it to the tire carrier on the drivers side of the truck. Seems to work just fine for my needs. I didn't want one that stuck too far above the rrof line as it's hard enough parking this truck in a parking garage now let alone an antenna sticking anothe 12" above it. And tuning the antenna is the most important thing in the install.

 

[MoJ]

I went with a 4' wilson with a tuneable tip and mounted it to the tire carrier on the drivers side of the truck.

I'll second the wilson tuneable tip recommedation. I went with the 36 inch mounted to the roof rack. I used the supplied wilson grounding wire and attached it to one of the roof rack screws. Grounding it made a huge difference in performance. Because of the height I get excellent performance and it was easy to tune. However, if I'm in the woods I switch to a rubber flexible 18 inch antenna. The shorter works great to talk between rigs on a group wheeling trip but range is limited to about 1 mile.