Thread: Aerial install for D3/D4 TailGate

I'm still trying to sort out where to put my aerial and UHF. I love the little roof mount aerials, very clever, but with many of the carparks I go into having a 2.m height restriction and the vehicle at 1.9m, that doesn't seem like an option. I'm tending towards some kind of bracket mounted under the bonnet but on the guard mount screw rather than the bonnet itself (similar issues with the tailgate one fouling the body) I am fiddling with an old mount to see if it will suit but if anyone has a link or info on an existing one that would be greatly appreciated.
cheers
J

Originally Posted by Jabl13

I'm tending towards some kind of bracket mounted under the bonnet but on the guard mount screw rather than the bonnet itself (similar issues with the tailgate one fouling the body) I am fiddling with an old mount to see if it will suit but if anyone has a link or info on an existing one that would be greatly appreciated.

Not quite sure what you mean regarding fouling. IMO the bonnet-mounted aerial bracket by LAB works really well and the aerial doesn't foul anything when the bonnet is up. Link below to their website.

Aerial Bracket



Cheers,
Scott

I use an on glass aerial, courtesy of rufusking for his advice ( member on this forum) unless outback then I just mount it on the roof rack and run the lead into the cab.
http://www.prestigecom.net.au/laser-...uhf-cb-antenna

Hi
I have followed your aerial installation with the same components and was just wondering how and where you ran the aerial wire and also where you placed the radio. I have just purchased an Icom 450 with speaker etc in the mike

Cheers Fred

We have a iCom remote head and the coax was run down the back of the car and up via the rear door to the roof bar on which we have a Rhino antenna mount. Works well and allows us to put the mesh platform over it without impacting on antenna performance. Without platform we use a small 8.5dB antenna and on the road we use a 10.5dB one

Rob

I put my Icom IC-440N under the lid of the centre console cubby. Used a Labtronix aerial mount and ran the cable through the firewall penetration near the steering column. See my recent posting on the AULRO Facebook page -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/aulr...omment_mention

I am in the process of fitting a GME UHF to our 2012 D4 and not sure which aerial to use and where to install it.
I don't like the idea of Bullbar mounting and have purchased a LAB Electronics bracket for mounting the aerial on the side of the bonnet.
I also have a Kaymar rear bar with a spare wheel swing away arm and was looking at using its "accessories mounting bracket" to mount the aerial.
The GME aerial (ground plane independent) that I'm looking at using is approx 850mm high and would only just be higher than the roof by some 50mm. The aerial would also be positioned between the spare wheel and the vehicle body.
This would limit performance significantly I would thing.
I may look at using Kaymars HF Radio antena bracket to lift the UHF aerial up some 500mm but that will take 7/10 to get to Sydney.
Any first hand experience of these two methods and or advise would be appreciated.

Cheers

Originally Posted by LRD414

Not quite sure what you mean regarding fouling. IMO the bonnet-mounted aerial bracket by LAB works really well and the aerial doesn't foul anything when the bonnet is up. Link below to their website.

Aerial Bracket



Cheers,
Scott

Hi Scott

What aerial are you using on the Labtronix bracket?

Cheers
Mike L