cb antenna on a Vue

Discussion in 'Saturn VUE' started by dakota2112, Sep 9, 2005.

  1. dakota2112

    dakota2112 Guest

    Hello all.

    Has anyone in here (successfully) installed a CB antenna on their Vue?

    I've already had a bad experience using a "cellphone look-alike" magnet
    mount antenna on the Vue. It wouldn't achieve SWR below 3.0 no matter
    what I tried.

    My next thought is to use a "side mount" attached to the tailgate door.
    But this has a drawback of its own... I don't know if the tailgate
    would offer sufficient grounding. I could settle for decreased
    performance and use a no ground plane system, but I don't have any way
    of knowing if that's necessary or not.

    Any suggestions on this or other mounting locations? thanks in
    advance!
     
    dakota2112, Sep 9, 2005
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  2. dakota2112

    dakota2112 Guest

    Thanks for all the replies. (sorry, I just had to include some Monday
    morning sarcasm! I realize CB installation issues on a Saturn Vue are
    not much of a hot topic...)

    In case anyone's interested, I did find what appears to be a good spot
    to install an antenna. On the driver's side, directly in front of
    where the hood bracket is mounted to the chassis, there is a nice flat
    spot. This area has plenty of strength for a flat bar type antenna
    bracket, or you could even make one out of an L-shaped piece of metal.
    I did this and utilized the front-most hood bracket bolt for added
    strength. The only modifications required are to drill a hole for a
    thru-bolt at the flat spot, and to saw off a very small piece of
    plastic to allow clearance for the antenna bracket.

    Access to the underside of this area is gained by removing the plastic
    fender liner.

    I fed the coax behind the hood bracket, then along the inner channel
    under a piece of foam alongside the windshield washer fluid line, then
    around the spring tower. The coax then goes through firewall via the
    hood release cable hole, which did require cutting a small opening in
    the grommet.
     
    dakota2112, Sep 19, 2005
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