My newbie setup... Cobra 29LX & Wilson Antenna

OH... OK... NOW it's making sense... lol

The only image I could get for that round pin was to screw it into the place where the current stock antenna is located but then none of the mounts I could see would work on the vertical placement of the "perch"... And I just could not make that work in my newbie head... LOL

OK... (using a fresh and hopefully corrected image in my head) ... So I could get the little short rod/perch and use it to screw into the mounting brackets of the mirror "replacing" the one bolt (using a star shaped tool) that is already grounded with the ground wire .

This will give me a place to mount the Wilson 2000 as well as ground my antenna.

By doing this, then I don't need to use the extra large mounting brackets on the large mirror tubing of the Volvo mirror mounts and avoid needing to run a separate ground wire from the antenna to that one grounded bolt.

Then I look for that weatherized grommet to run my cable into the cab of the truck thus avoiding running it between the door and door jam of the truck... Looks neater and protects the cable from crimping as the door opens and closes.

Am I seeing it correctly now???

 

Yes, a picture IS worth a thousand words!!!

Thanks for drawing me a picture.

 

Oh, and then I completely remove the stock antenna from the drivers side so as to avoid creating an SWR issue from having the two antennas too close to each other.

The now solo stock antenna on the passenger side will now handle all the am/fm/tv signals.

 

Awesome... Thanks Guys!!!

 

Oh, and the SWR meter...

1.) does it stay "inline" or just for tuning?

2.) there are one and two meter setups, they seem to be fairly close in price... Get the two meter option for a few extra bucks or all I need as a newbie is the base SWR Meter?