[Antennas] Mobile Mounting - Pickup Truck

Tue Sep 28 15:42:49 EDT 2004

If you have a 'reese hitch', you can have an antenna mounted on an 
insert which fits securely in the hitch receiver.
Those inserts [hitch without a ball] are quite reasonable in price, and 
very easy to modify for a mobile antenna.
Don
N8DE
JT Croteau wrote:
> Hey everyone.
>> I want to install a tall mobile (Hustler) vertical with a fairly good 
> size capacitance hat on my pickup truck. Because of the top hat, I want 
> to position this more towards the center line of the truck to try and 
> keep the hat within the body lines as I commute on some pretty active 
> highways here in So. Cal.
>> I have no problems drilling holes, but I don't want to spend a lot of 
> time with a custom fabricator making a custom bracket.. off the shelf 
> hardware is best.
>> Normally, I've installed antennas in the stake bed pockets but these 
> pockets are all along the outside edges of the bed not in the center.
>> Any ideas/suggestions?
>> Thanks
>> 73 de W6CFO
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