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Come'on good buddy!

Has anyone installed a CB radio or Ham radio in the new 2019s+? I have a jump seat and there's more than enough space in the middle there to mount one.

 

For a mag-mount antenna, is the roof aluminum?

 

 

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Hello, I installed my NMO antenna mount to my 2017 Silverado third brake light. It went well. With an NMO mount you can change antennas quickly if you change to Ham or CB inside the cab. and a small r

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CB and GMRS radios now have power, and work through the truck stereo speakers!  Complete stealth install inside the cab.  Just need to clean a few things up, such as run some loom over the power wires

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I haven't yet, but I plan on it. Although, I don't know why. Nobody is on there much anymore, and most of those that are aren't worth the effort to talk to. I inherited a friend's CB shop when he died. I've got more radios and equipment than I know what to do with. I don't have a problem with drilling a hole and mounting it right in the middle of the roof. They make a plug to fill the hole should you decide to remove it. GMC dealer said if that rubber plug is installed, it won't hurt the trade-in value at all......if they even see it. Getting in the garage is the only issue I'd have with it.

 

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I put one in mine with a full center console. I hate mag mounts. Drill it. I leave the mounts in when I trade in because they’re super cheap. Dealers don’t even notice. They’ve never asked about them and that’s with the antennas being in place when they evaluate it.

Here’s a pic of someone else’s install so you can see what’s possible:

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I have a K2, but I screwed my bracket into the little door that opens and shuts on the underside of the dash in the middle. I'm running a Beartracker 880, the CB/scanner combo unit from Uniden. Check it out, it's pretty sweet to be able to hear Police/Fire/EMS and other digital trunking systems that every service seems to have now.

 

It has 2 antennas, 1 for CB and one for the scanner. The scanner antenna is internal to the cab and works just fine that way, my CB antenna cable I route between the jumpseat and passenger seat, under the mats, up along the driver side B-pillar and out between the driver and rear door on the driver side so that it escapes through weather stripping with no pinching.

 

You may be able to do the same.

 

Also, FYI, the 980SSB and 800/880 use the same mounting bracket and microphone, so you can interchange head units as you see fit.

 

I also use a magnetic mount Tram 3500, it's a 55" with adjustment at the base for SWR tuning (use a meter, don't smoke your radio), and it's rated for pretty high wattage if you choose to use an amplifier. I'm close enough to some big highways, so I don't see the need for one.

 

I will say I have DXed with that antenna on my truck with my gain all the way up, SWR at 1.1 out to Texas.

 

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I may get slightly better performance on the scanner if I had a roof mounted 800/900 MGHz antenna, but that's a function I prefer to keep "stealth". From an outside observer, I only have CB.

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I may get slightly better performance on the scanner if I had a roof mounted 800/900 MGHz antenna, but that's a function I prefer to keep "stealth". From an outside observer, I only have CB.

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Outside observers hardly ever notice antennas ifk


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Outside observers hardly ever notice antennas ifk


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You are probably right, but I like flying well under radar.

I can definitely confirm that an officer that stops you hates hearing themselves through your radio when you have a mic attached to the unit (which only works on CB, but they don't know that).

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On 4/30/2020 at 11:27 PM, mike5511 said:

I haven't yet, but I plan on it. Although, I don't know why. Nobody is on there much anymore, and most of those that are aren't worth the effort to talk to. I inherited a friend's CB shop when he died. I've got more radios and equipment than I know what to do with. I don't have a problem with drilling a hole and mounting it right in the middle of the roof. They make a plug to fill the hole should you decide to remove it. GMC dealer said if that rubber plug is installed, it won't hurt the trade-in value at all......if they even see it. Getting in the garage is the only issue I'd have with it.

 

 

I got my ham ticket a little while ago and haven't used it much. About 2 months ago we took a roadtrip, about 400 miles each way, tuned my handheld to the "highway channel" for hams ( 146.52 ) and I didn't hear a single click in 8+ hours of interstate driving.

 

However, the CB in my area (NEFLA) is fairly active. It's not quality conversation, but at least there's activity out there, and it is useful in traffic.

 

I was thinking about something like this:

 

Or maybe something in the bed.

 

Any thoughts from the experts?

 

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Drill it on the roof and be done with it. Best option out there. Drilled this one with 400 miles on it. a6dfcfe7a31cb61085224680e193b169.jpg


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10 minutes ago, Jav_eee said:

Drill it on the roof and be done with it. Best option out there. Drilled this one with 400 miles on it.
 

Thanks @Jav_eee   this is what I was looking for. Do you have any pics of your setup inside? And how long is your whip and hows the reception/SWR?

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Nothing wrong with mag mounts if you get a good one as far as performance is concerned. I've run the Wilson 5000 and 1000 both on a mag mount and put 300-400 watts thru them. I don't like mag mounts because the coax situation and if you don't remove every so often, they will rust underneath the magnet. Much neater to just drill a hole and be done with.

 

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5 hours ago, Jav_eee said:

 


16” from the back of the metal roof to the front puts you in the perfect spot. DO NOT measure from the plastic spoiler


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How far down did you take the headliner, and how easy was it?

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