oops - sorry, i should have been more clear on the grounding thing.

assuming you are using a stud mount, the mount itself is grounded to whatever you mount it on (fender, bumper, tool box, etc...).

what some people do is take grounding to the next level, and run ground straps from the toolbox to the frame (especially if your toolbox is mounted over a plastic bedliner).

if you want to go one step further, what the real hardcore guys to is run ground straps from the hood, bed, cab, engine block, etc... to the frame.

the better the ground, generally speaking, the better your system will perform.

 

cool.

thanks for clearing that up for me.... so i dont need to do any of that ground strap stuff since im useing a stud mount?

 

as long as your bed bar is grounded well to the bed, you should be fine.

if you *wanted* to, you could run a ground strap from that point to the frame, or if your bed bar is mounted to bare metal on the bed, run a ground strap from bed to frame.

it's mostly up to you and what lengths you are willing to go to extract that last little bit of performance from your system, and how low you are trying to get your swrs.

some old-timers swear by (not at) the ground straps, and that optimal grounding helps lower swrs. some also swear that additional grounding is helpful when running external power adders.

OTOH, there are others that simply "plug and play" their antennas and power adders with no additional grounding, and have no trouble at all. YMMV.

 

got the bed bar made yesterday. whats yall opinions on where i mounted my antena

 

http://fknblazed.com/movies/snow.htm

the snowman needs one too.....

 

I got a firewire no ground kit and I love it. Works very well and I havent had a chnace to tune it yet.

 

dude, wtf are you talking about?

 

nice! that's a cool bar! it looks like it's mounted directly to the bed rails, so shouldn't be a problem with grounds there. looks pretty sturdy, too!

 

sweet. im gona be tuning it tomorrow after work