I was thinking about a CB too, but my husband said "Enough already!" He's not happy drilling so many holes in the roof. We're using the Blue Sea cable clams, so he's muttering about the "clam convention up there" because, besides all the antennas, he also has two clams for the solar wiring.
Yeah, I was planning one of those poles. Or two of them. I'm using clamp-on stainless fishing rod holders to clamp on to the ladder in back. And what ever else needed to keep the 12 foot pole vertical. That will give us 20 feet height.
Spiff, do you think you could take a photo of your connection of the antenna to the pole? I've been cogitating on that and haven't figured it out as I just received the antenna today. I was planning on mounting the actual antenna temporarily on the pole. Then when we take it down, the antenna poles and the tarp poles will go in one of those PVC cylinders that we'll have mounted along the port side under the roof racks. And then, when not in use, I was going to industrial Velcro the antennas and cable on to the roof just behind the fantastic vent fan cover to preclude wind resistance. We won't have room in the cabin for bulky, grimy, unwieldy antennas.
Let's get back to the cone of protection. I have a metal van. Does that mean I don't have to ground the antenna surge protector? Running the ground wire down to the powering battery ground will require another clam up there as the battery is inside the cabin. I'll need to get another clam. All those clams are costing a lot of clams.
I'm not worried about interference. Well be using either the wifi or the Wilson booster, not together. And Hub can hold off his TV watching if necessary. We really only need it on for 20-30 minutes a night until he falls asleep. I don't watch it. When traveling, I do most of my stuff offline anywhere and will only go online to check email and other messages. Besides that hotspot data is expensive! But with kids all over the country, I need to be accessible.
This is an amazing community!
Ted
