On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Mark Carrig wrote:

> I've got a Cobra 75 WXST and am looking to mount a firestik antenna.
> Question is, where to mount ? I know the pop top is out of the question
> and the cell phone look alikes are definatly out.
>
> I would like to use the Firestik antenna's and their mounting kits but am
> unsure of what to purchase and where to mount !

I haven't mounted an antenna on my '82 yet, but on my '75 bus I had good
luck using a rain gutter mount to mount a 5/8-wave 2-meter amateur band
antenna.  A rain gutter mount will damage the paint, though, if that
matters to you.  (It has to -- piercing the paint is the only way to get a
good ground.  In fact, for best performance you should take it off once a
year or so and clean any corrosion out of the little nick it's made in the
paint.)

I put the mount just behind the driver's door and ran the cable through a
small slit in the pop-top canvas.  This location made it quick and easy to
unscrew the antenna and pull it inside when I needed to go into parking
garages.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon