I got one of those universal mounts and put it in the channel between the
back door and the body at the upper left rear corner. I got a firestick
antenna with a quick disconnect because I don't want to keep it on all the
time. I snaked the coax through the air intake cowling at the back and am
very happy  with the results.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steve Schwenk
Sent:   Thursday, October 19, 2000 2:30 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Ham/CB Antenna Location

Has anyone had luck mounting a ham or cb antenna to the
steel roof under the luggage carrier up front on a
westy?  Is there enough ground plane to achieve good
SWR?  I do not want to do a side mount...unless the
performance would be significantly better.  I also do
not want to spend money on a good radio if i am never
going to be able to transmit well due to the poor
ground plane.

Thanks for any info.  And I'd love to hear any other
good mounting locations that have been tested on a
meter.
steve