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Originally Posted by Dray
Any help/advice/opinions on what it takes to establish a good
ground plane on a fiberglass body would be greatly appreciated.
Also, what
is the best length for a antenna cable. It was suggested that 15' would be
ideal
Forget making an efficient setup on a motorcycle. It just AIN'T gonna happen.
Just be sure that the shield side of the antenna mount has a good metallic connection and don't worry about the coax length.
I've been doing CBs for about 50 years now so I'm not an amateur. Most of the "rules" that work on other vehicles don't apply to bikes.
Our group, with all kinds of bike models and various CB setups, find that good communication is only possible for about a mile and a half, maybe two. A longer antenna is a tiny bit better but it's really hard to notice.
What kind of radio do you intend to install ??
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When I had my 2015 RT I used a midland handheld CB with a long rubber antenna. I used a sena two way radio bluetooth dongle so I could hare through my sena headset.
You could use a firestick no ground plane antenna for a permeant mount.
I used a ram mount and lamonster cuff .
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Originally Posted by Dray
If I understand
correctly a 6 ' or 9' cable would work?
Any reasonable length of cable will be fine.
Do not coil up extra cable just because you think it needs to be a certain length.
The cable shield at the antenna end should go to a good metallic ground nearby; best if the mounting bracket is grounded.
Just a "stubby" on top of the radio might work for what you need; probably less than a mile range though.
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