How to mount cb antenna in a tree

are you talking about one for satellite antennas? there are normally 4 or 6 lag bolts that go into the roof of the house. and you adjust the L shape bar to be vertical... they can be used for cb base antennas. not the actual satellite antenna but the mount can be used.

If you cannot use a magnet mount antenna on the roof then a fiberglass antenna (top loaded) about 4 ft. tall mounted behind the cab on the bed rail.You can usually run the coax thru a rain drain hole in one corner of the bed. The antenna should be tall enough to where the top third of the antenna is above the roof. The taller the ant.is the better the SWR will tune.

Something like either a Wilson 1000 or 5000 magnetic mount on the roof--coil and whip unit detach as needed.

1. swr meter
2. mount. for a car.. make your own.. YOU DON"T NEED A BALL MOUNT... any mount will do.. just make sure it can handle the stress from whipping in the wind and hitting trees.. lol.....just make sure to keep away from body @ least 12" for better swr's.. DO NOT put right up against the body. unless its on top of trunk or roof.. or a tool box. if on a pickup. the stack pocket is a good distant away from the cab to work.. do not put right up agianst the bed near the glass it will give high swr's because of the roof is right there.
3. cables.
4. make sure it has a good ground. clear of any obstructions. like body panels..

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Several things are working against you.
1 Antenna location= Needs to be in CENTER of car or truck, and high. no grounded metal can be next to the element (the hot/positve part of the antenna)

2 the only way to really ground the antenna is by having a flat metal ground plane under the antenna. DC grounding does NOT do this, that is a misunderstanding.

3 make sure you use a tunable antenna. I have found the wilson's to be very easy to tune and performe very well, for a base loaded antenna.

4 in short a wilson or k40 magnet mount placed on the very top of the roof in the center will have a perfect ground plane. Then shorten or lengthen the steel whip to ajust your SWR's. You will get the best results this way. This is the ONLY way to achevie good performace.

5 I will say this the absoulte best antenna is the 102"steel whip, if you got the clearnce and dont mind it hitting tree limbs put it on a big magnet mount with a spring at the base and youll have a perfect antenna. But the wilson is shorter and easier to tune.

Well, the k40 is designed for roof or trunk mount,you would not be getting a good ground,plus you would be getting feed back from cab,no good transmit or receive. Get a good 102" fiberglass or steel whip that's bumper mount,mount it on right rear bumper and you will be good to go.

You will need a CB radio antenna, The CB radio and mounting hardware as well as the power wire.

Choose a place to mount the radio. Mount it. Run the power wires from the radio to the fuse box. Put red wire in with the fuse that is hooked to switched 12 volt. Ground the black wire to any metal of the vehicle.

Next find a place to mount the antenna. If you use a mag mount, the roof of the cab is a best bet. Run the wire into the vehicle, it can go through the door, just make sure its not going to get pinched.

Hook the coax from the antenna to the radio

Now you have to tune the antenna. this is important because if you don't you you will blow the transmit final transistor out in the radio.

This link will take you to an article that will explain how to tune your antenna.

depends on what vehicle its going on. If its a car, you don't need anything crazy, unless you are going to run a linear.

You are fine with a wilson 500/1000 mag mount or a k40 mag mount.

just make sure you tune the antenna for lowest SWR.

all vehicles normally have spot at the dome lights. to put cb/ham/commercial antennas. but some ford trucks have a center rib on the roof which sometimes would have to off-center an antenna. on newer trucks. I would use the ham NMO mount that has the 3/8" hole (not3/4") and use a wilson 1000-5000. or tram base load antenna.. depending on power wattage needed. we normally carry the 3/8" mounts they have coax and pl259 connector on them. look us up. lowest prices guaranteed.