what is thw best place to put a 2 meter antenna on a 2019 freighliner cascadia

1. Merely curious how they wire the antenna cables in these trucks. Im currently in an '06 Century and cant effigy out if both antenna mounts on the mirrors are both used for the CB. The reason for request is some CB shop guy I talked to said that some trucks apply the right-side antenna as the AM/FM radio antenna and the left side is for the CB. Well, my truck has its own defended antenna for the stereo on the driverside where the stacks would be if it had them. I figure in this case that both mirror-antenna mounts are for the CB since I am just using the right side for my CB. Reason being, I was having really bad results with my CB and found out that a possible reason was considering the driver-side antenna mount was missing the little nylon washer that goes between the mount and the place on the mirror where information technology mounts to. I decided to unhook the coax underneath the bottom mirror mountain and but use the right side. Information technology seems to work a little ameliorate, merely its nevertheless kinda poor. I thought nearly getting a sheap SWR meter and some aftermarket cable and antenna mount for better results just since Im getting a new truck, I figured why bother.

   Equally for the Cascadia I might be getting, Ive noticed that the just antennas Ive seen are the ii on the sides of the sleeper. Are these the ones that CB store guy told me that the driver side is for the CB and the other for the stereo?

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3. The Freightshakers and Volvo's use a co-phase system that use a junction box for the cb/amf/fm. Both antenna'due south run both. The coax goes to a distribution box that splits the signal out. All-time bet is to run your own piece of coax and go a "pre-tuned antenna" such as a francis or something and mountain information technology yourself on the mirror bracket. You'll go much meliorate results. I assume the cascadia is the same but don't know for certain.

4. Where else can you put an antenna on a Cascadia since the mirrors dont really have a identify to mount them to?

5. On a Columbia the correct antenna is used for the cb and the am/fm. There is a tuning box in the atomic number 82 running to the right mirror for adjust the am/fm. Easy to prove, plow on the am/fm tune in a station, now pull off the right antenna and your stereo volition go away. I apply the right antenna mount with a 2' francis for the stereo and run my own antenna, mount and coax to the left mirror.

   On the Cascadia there is a rail for supporting the airlines on the rear of the cab, this is where the guys in our company mountain antennas. We pull tankers that are not high similar a box, but I don't know of a lot of options.

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   Well to answer your outset question. The reason why your setup is not working properly is due to non having an antenna on the right side. It is a cophased setup and you lot accept to take two antennas installed on a cophased setup. See a single setup uses fifty ohm coax while a cophased setup uses ii 75 ohm coax leads. Using a single antenna and just unhooking 1 of the coax cables on a cophased setups will mess with the swr and mess with the performance of the radio.

   Now alot of newer trucks use what they call a multiplexer box. Both antennas serve as Cb antennas along with being AM/FM antennas. You have to take matching antennas on both sides for it to work properly. Information technology does not matter what antenna you lot use with these multiplexer type systems. The AM/FM radio could careless what y'all are using for an antenna.

   I don't care for the sleeper mounted setups on some of these trucks. The antenna mounts are and then low on the sleeper that very niggling of the antenna is in a higher place the roof line and the antenna is then shut to the side of the truck that you get a huge amount of reflect which messes with the SWR and functioning of the radio. You tin't hardly put a longer antenna on them to get the majority of the antenna above the roof line without fear of taking out depression flying aircraft.

8. I bulldoze an 07 freightliner Columbia. The commuter side cb antenna is snapped off , I take the passenger side stock one still on. I was wondering if I needed to employ the same style antenna on the drivers side or if I could repair that one with a 3k watt coil antenna? Whatever help our communication would be great. Give thanks you lot in advance.

9. Replace BOTH with the aforementioned antenna. The factory antennas are the worst ones you can use....they put the inexpensive ones on at the factory.
   Go with 2 Francis or tunable tip Wilsons.....They are non that expensive.
   No need for those 3000 watt antennas.......those are the oil filled ones? Not needed and a poor antenna.

   Myself i would run my ain coax to one mirror and utilise a Wilson 2000. Easy to melody and will work way better than the co-phased mill crap.

10. Thank you for the advice, what length would you recommend? I have seen iii and iv pes ones. I recall at that place are 4ft ones on here at present.

11. The company I work for has Cascadias, both sleeper and daycabs and I slipseat. I mounted my antenna on the air hose hanger bar for awhile, information technology worked ok only there was signal loss behind the trailer(dry box). I got to thinking there has to be a amend way. I made a bracket and bolted 1/2 of a mirror mountain with antenna onto information technology and mounted this onto the rider door where that worthless mirror is supposed to go. tuned the antenna to 1.two 1.1 and one.vi. gets out and receives better than where it was. I run the coax downwards the door rubber and through the grommet on the lower right of the firewall. Then it comes up between the dash and door frame to the radio. My antenna is a k40 trucker.

    Last edited: Mar 23, 2013
    

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