Wow - that's my exact truck (almost, mine is a 2006) and color. Unfortunately, I've got an Undercover cover over the bed, so I was thinking of mounting the ATAS-120 from a bracket at the base of the rear bumper. I'm also looking at the 857-D. I've also got no more than 4 inches above the truck roof to clear my garage door, which makes things really interesting.
The antenna is grounded to the aluminum truck box with four bolts, and the box is grounded to the side-walls and front-wall of the truck bed via three copper braid ground straps (underneath the box, straps are short, about 4" long). The truck bed walls are grounded to each other via similar straps, as well as grounded to the frame at four points.
Wow - that's my exact truck (almost, mine is a 2006) and color. Unfortunately, I've got an Undercover cover over the bed, so I was thinking of mounting the ATAS-120 from a bracket at the base of the rear bumper. I'm also looking at the 857-D. I've also got no more than 4 inches above the truck roof to clear my garage door, which makes things really interesting.
ReplyDeleteDid you just use a screw in a small cargo box for your ground strap?
ReplyDeleteThe antenna is grounded to the aluminum truck box with four bolts, and the box is grounded to the side-walls and front-wall of the truck bed via three copper braid ground straps (underneath the box, straps are short, about 4" long). The truck bed walls are grounded to each other via similar straps, as well as grounded to the frame at four points.
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