CB antenna junk again

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Originally Posted by Beastmaster

Got a pic to show how it's mounted? I suspect that I know what the problem is, but I need to see how you've got everything.

-Steve

well, No, not right now. there's really no problem. I'm just not sure if I should ground the rack or leave it out of ground. The way the rack mounts to the top, it's not really grounded well to the truck.

The regular roof panel of the truck offers a ground plane and now I have added this mesh and tubular rack on top. I don't have everything wired up, to get a meter on or to test in any way and don't want to disturb the PC on the rack if it would be better for the rack to not be grounded to the truck.

Think of it this way. The base of the antenna is just below the bottom of the rack, which shouldn't make much difference except it's a base-loaded antenna. I have that rack that covers all of the roof and the antenna is centered at the rear-most part of the truck. Should I ground the rack to the truck ground.