A GMRS Radio over a CB Radio???

My thoughts are that you still need a good antenna system no matter what radio you are using. You also need an SWR meter that's capable of reading UHF frequencies. I'm sure you will still have to deal with the counterpoise issues with UHF just as much as with HF antennas on these plastic trucks. Of course you're antenna will no longer be 4 foot to 7 foot tall (which means less wind resistance), it will be less than 19 inches tall for a quarter wave HF mobile antenna. So I guess the height is might theory goes out the window in this situation. Just some food for thought.

 

Russ, I know you're just one person, and one opinion, but if you drove an all-fiberglass new-style Cascadia, what antenna, mount, and radio would you get? I'm currently using Pro-Comm's mirror mount for my CB antenna. Would that mount work for this NMO connector you're speaking of? Or could it be made to work? If not, back to original question: What mount would you use?

 

Yeah, none of those mounts will work on a new style Cascadia.

Is there a GMRS radio that would accept a PL-259 connection instead of whatever NMO is? Then I could just buy another ProComm mount for the passenger side.

 

NMO is refering to the actual antenna mount, normally mounts thru a 3/4" hole, has a wide base for the antenna to mount onto not a 3/8 nut or stud. the Pl259 is the actual connector to the radio, you can solder the connector you need onto the cable regardless of what type of antenna mount is on the other end.

 

I'm not good with hardware, so lemme rephrase the question. How can I make a GMRS antenna mount to a ProComm antenna mount for the new style Cascadia? (See link I posted a few posts back to see an example of the mount.) I ask this question because, to my knowledge, this is the only mirror mount available for the new Cascadia, and magnetic mounts wouldn't work because the entire truck is fiberglass.

 

Can you use a pro com mount.

Yes and no.

You can't use the antenna stub, but can modify the mount to take the 3/4" diameter hole that is needed for the mount.

They make a trunk lid nmo that can be used with a little fab work.

 

I've already modified my existing ProComm mount to take a larger, heavy duty stud and nylon washer. The hole was too small so I took my precision drill bit and ever-so-carefully widened the hole.

I'm guessing you're saying that that's what I'd have to go here as well?