Riley:
I'll give you a few options based on some of the things I've tried.
For my CB (which I don't really use all that often), I run the cable from the driver's side kick-panel and down the DS under the door sill plates. Actually, I've just pulled it out with the idea that I will likely get a new antenna of some sort.
The antenna lived behind my 2nd row seats, and when I needed it, I opened the forward portion of the DS sliding window and put the mag mount antenna on the roof. I closed the window - carefully - over a taped potion of the coax. I then use zip ties to keep the cable from flapping and the antenna on the roof (for highway speeds and the overhangs we get on our trails).
While I really didn't have any major issues with noise or dust, etc, this is a temp mount and one I usually only used when on a trail, driving to the trail. The biggest issue is security - you can't leave this as a semi-perm install as someone can open the window.
You could easily do the same with the side doors or the rear hatch and experience less of a problem with potentially damaging the cable (as it is protected by the weather stripping). I didn't do this as it was a bit of a pain to manage opening and closing doors, hatches, etc.. I would still use some tape to protect the outside shielding.
For my amateur radio, I run a (much) higher end cable and a 'real' mounting bracket on my roof rack. If you want to spend the $, you can buy some very thin coax - mine is actually slipped BETWEEN the two plates of glass for the DS rear sliding window (not for the faint of heart, as I had to 'flex' the windows a bit to get the cable in). It is a semi-permanent mount (ie the windows are locked). The cable then runs for a short distance to my rack, where I have a real antenna mount (the antenna can be folded in any direction and removed in ~10 seconds). The cable and mounting bracket will likely run +C$150 (more than my radio!).
I Intend to have a similar mount for a new CB antenna where all I have to do is add the steel whip to the mount.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers, Hugh
I'll give you a few options based on some of the things I've tried.
For my CB (which I don't really use all that often), I run the cable from the driver's side kick-panel and down the DS under the door sill plates. Actually, I've just pulled it out with the idea that I will likely get a new antenna of some sort.
The antenna lived behind my 2nd row seats, and when I needed it, I opened the forward portion of the DS sliding window and put the mag mount antenna on the roof. I closed the window - carefully - over a taped potion of the coax. I then use zip ties to keep the cable from flapping and the antenna on the roof (for highway speeds and the overhangs we get on our trails).
While I really didn't have any major issues with noise or dust, etc, this is a temp mount and one I usually only used when on a trail, driving to the trail. The biggest issue is security - you can't leave this as a semi-perm install as someone can open the window.
You could easily do the same with the side doors or the rear hatch and experience less of a problem with potentially damaging the cable (as it is protected by the weather stripping). I didn't do this as it was a bit of a pain to manage opening and closing doors, hatches, etc.. I would still use some tape to protect the outside shielding.
For my amateur radio, I run a (much) higher end cable and a 'real' mounting bracket on my roof rack. If you want to spend the $, you can buy some very thin coax - mine is actually slipped BETWEEN the two plates of glass for the DS rear sliding window (not for the faint of heart, as I had to 'flex' the windows a bit to get the cable in). It is a semi-permanent mount (ie the windows are locked). The cable then runs for a short distance to my rack, where I have a real antenna mount (the antenna can be folded in any direction and removed in ~10 seconds). The cable and mounting bracket will likely run +C$150 (more than my radio!).
I Intend to have a similar mount for a new CB antenna where all I have to do is add the steel whip to the mount.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers, Hugh
