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Sniper32

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Cobra 29 LTD with a 4 ft FireStik
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dont mind the crapy glass work...it was my first time but it works till i have the time to redo it
 

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I've got 2 Uniden PC78Elites, 1 Uniden PC78LTW, and a Galaxy 949. One of the Elites I've had in the SD for 6 or 7 years, the other, I used to run in my big trucks. The LTW was bought to replace the Elite for the big trucks, that was dumb. I thought I was having problems with the Elite, but turns out it was the guys radio that was "helping" me.
The Galaxy is my favourite. I had some money burning a hole in my pocket, and it was a good price, $129 from another driver, and the box was never opened. I put a good Astatic mic, and a Uniden talk back remote on it, and a Wilson something antenna, a 4 footer, with the vicegrip type clampon mount for the big truck, I was slipseating then, along with a 9' coax. That combination worked very well, as long as I got a decent ground on the antenna. I mounted it on the right side top mirror arm, so I wouldn't keep pinching the cable in the door.
All mine are as barefoot as the day they were made, although, if I need it again, the Galaxy will be modified.
The only mounting I've done out of the ordinary is on the SD. I sort/kinda modified a bolt on mirror mount to use on the driver side "dumbo" mirror.
I'll try to remember to get photo later today. I saw on another SD of a friends, that he used a type of gutter mount on the back of the hood, with somekind of 4' whip. It actually worked pretty good.;)

Just a little side note. If anyone has a radio with that stupid "Roger beep", turn that POS off, you're not as cool as ya think!!!!
 
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David S.

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I'll get some up when o get my truck back this week... but mine slid right in. it's cb sized

your cb must be smaller than mine because if I want to keep the same cb and mount it in my overhead console then I need to trim the console just a tad

love the fiberglass setup of yours John! Wish I had the balls to attempt something like that
 

Pstroke96

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looks like the 29 is pretty popular. heres mine mounted on the dash. the holes were already there so i put it right up, its ran through a radio shack special 3 foot antenna mounted on the fender

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jdc753

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Only pic I have of mine installed. I finished it with the mic holder on the drivers side of the console and the console tucked up better to the headliner. Learned a lot with this project and would do it a totally different way next time around.

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Had firestiks mounted on the mirrors at first

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Then I moved them to the toolbox after the passenger side mount broke (over a year of catching branches daily, never liked the look of springs) Now I am at a loss since I REALLY don't want to drill my new toolbox to mount the antennas to the box.
 

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Where are you guys getting the fender mounts? They aren't popular around here so nobody has them and all the onles I've tried to make come out like crap.
 

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I run a Cobra 29 LTD Chrome mounted to the ceiling and a single 4' Firestik Firefly in the wiper cowl, opposite the radio antenna. Works pretty good for my needs. Will grab pics when the truck is running again.
 

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