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I just mounted the antenna through the rear of the roof. It has an o-ring seal on the base so there’s no leaks and it’s a non-ground plane antenna so no issues being mounted to plasticOk well I would have liked to mount the antenna in the back post by drivers' side a little above the bed but decided to go with the front bumper mount and run under the tunnel into the
It’s a non ground plane antenna. There’s no transmission or reception issues and the Swr reads good. Had it the same on my general and my radio was one of the farthest reaching in our group.Make sure to run a groung wire to antanna per radio brand instruction. You have no ground plain.
Make sure you do not go off road in a forest area as low hanging limbs ect. will knock the antanna off or crack the roof and start a leak.
Your non ground plane antenna will never work as good as one with a real ground plane.It’s a non ground plane antenna. There’s no transmission or reception issues and the Swr reads good. Had it the same on my general and my radio was one of the farthest reaching in our group.
I’ve also driven through low hanging trees and shrubs that scrubbed the roof pretty good without incident
If I actually scrub a tree limb it’ll take out my scene lights long before the antenna.
Haven’t had the chance to go out with a large group of our friends yet but no communication issues with the ones I have ridden with so far. As stated previously, I had it the same on my old General, just through the plastic roof with no ground wire. There was only 2 other machines that could transmit and receive farther and one of those was another General with the antenna mounted through the plastic roof. That was out of a group of 16+ machines. Some of which I did the installs on and know they were grounded.Your non ground plane antenna will never work as good as one with a real ground plane.
Can you at least offer up whether in your opinion it is a clean install or does one just have a radio head hanging out like a 1980's trucker?PCI is getting really close with completing their radio installation. Mounts are in fab now. Rugged just got a vehicle to work with so they are a tad behind. It will be interesting to see what they both come up with. I've seen PCI's install but not at liberty to release yet.
I think it looks clean. With the ADV 5 there is not a lot of options because of the AC and heater ducting etc. I think you only loose 1 switch location also.Can you at least offer up whether in your opinion it is a clean install or does one just have a radio head hanging out like a 1980's trucker?
I think it looks clean. With the ADV 5 there is not a lot of options because of the AC and heater ducting etc. I think you only loose 1 switch location also.