Best Antenna for Ford F 150

In my old F250 there is a hole in the floor that is plugged with a rubber grommet right under the driver's seat. I removed the grommet plug, cut a split into it about halfway through, and inserted the coax through the split. The hole in the floor was big enough to get the coax connector through, and then I pushed the grommet back into place with the coax through it. From there, I ran the coax to the radio. The coax from the antenna runs to the back of the cab and down between the cab and the bed. No doors involved with this approach. Just need to make sure the coax is supported by the frame or something underneath and is clear of the exhaust and rotating driveshaft.

 

I have a 2013 f150 supercab. There's a hole under the sill plate on the right side I ran my coax through.

 

Thanks gang, exactly what I was looking for....I have some direction, off I go!

 

Make sure to make a few loops on the coax with electrical tape a few inches anove and below where coax goes through hole you pick...Dont want it gettin anused by sharp metal edges if the grommet breaks through...An added layer of protection..

 

I ain’t askin’ “what’s that in American”?

 

I run a 102" ST whip about 9 inches behind the cab on my truck using a heavy duty spring and it works perfectly. Very low swr throughout the entire 11 meter range. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

Generally performance of the antenna is determined by the surface area of the horizontal sheet metal directly underneath the antenna. The people with the best performance have the largest vehicles with antennas mounted right to the center of their roof like on a Chevy suburban. Lots of people mount antennas on a 2" strip of headache rack and the SWR might look OK but the performance is never going to come anywhere close to what it could be if it was mounted directly to the center of the roof with all that metal mass surrounding the antenna mount location.

 

The 102 will whip around enough as is but now your adding a spring,that just made it worse...
Do all as mentioned by rabbi and forget the spring,use a riser instead...Makes it more tuneable..Plus in a riser it will help stabilize it "some" adding to that by useing a taller riser allows you to cut the tip makeing it even more sturdy yet still tuneable..Swr dont mean crap if set up is outta wack in other ways..