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Get a strong $30 quick-disconnect Hustler antenna stud from a nearby truck-stop, they're usually only $15 from a truck-stop without the Hustler name on the package. DON'T GET THE CHEAP ONES - I've tried them all and they just split along the slice and lose the antenna somewhere in the dirt!

Use a liberal amount of NOALOX to keep the dirt and water out of the guts of the quick-disconnect.

Get a Radio Shack base loaded antenna (which is good for at least 300w since I have been using a Texas Star 350 on it) and is almost all whip (about 4 1/2') with a small base loaded piece of 8" fiberglass wrapped with about 35 turns of wire. You can't hurt it, it just flexes out of the way of anything you hit.
It performs real well, as good as my Wilson 1000.

You can use any strong 3/8 x 24 mount. Here's a good site with a picture of the quick disconnect mounted.

I put mine on my Subaru Brat on the roll bar on a 1" diameter 4" tall spring and then used a Larson super-slinky 4' whip and I can go through the thickest brush and branches and all it does it flex and snap right back, plus it performs a hella-lot better than something like an 18" Firestick, the single most popular off-road antenna I see in the dirt around these hills.
Now get it done and get your ass out there and eat some dust!

<blockquote data-quote="Needle Bender" data-source="post: 351323" data-attributes="member: 13339">Get a strong $30 <a href="http://www.wearecb.com/store/images/QD2.jpg" target="_blank">quick-disconnect Hustler</a> antenna stud from a nearby truck-stop, they&#039;re usually only $15 from a truck-stop without the Hustler name on the package.&nbsp; DON&#039;T GET THE <a href="http://www.walcottcb.com/antenna-quick-disconnect-300103-p-2218.html" target="_blank">CHEAP ONES</a> - I&#039;ve tried them all and they just split along the slice and lose the antenna somewhere in the dirt!Use a liberal amount of <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&amp;sugexp=erbr&amp;tok=O4O5AbnI1g9pFGT_drLZTA&amp;cp=5&amp;gs_id=5h&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=noalox&amp;gs_upl=&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&amp;biw=1144&amp;bih=704&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;tbm=shop&amp;cid=5057232411086195395&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=vHQ-T8XhHaiciAKuqOmgAQ&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CDcQ8wIwAQ" target="_blank">NOALOX</a> to keep the dirt and water out of the guts of the quick-disconnect.&nbsp;Get a <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102661&amp;clickId=349681403&amp;affiliateId=3578&amp;affiliateCustomId=" target="_blank">Radio Shack base loaded antenna</a> (which is good for at least 300w since I have been using a Texas Star 350 on it) and is almost all whip (about 4 1/2&#039;) with a small base loaded piece of 8&quot; fiberglass wrapped with about 35 turns of wire. You can&#039;t hurt it, it just flexes out of the way of anything you hit.It performs real well, as good as my Wilson 1000.&nbsp;You can use any strong 3/8 x 24 mount. <a href="http://www.stu-offroad.com/cb/cb_install-2.htm" target="_blank">Here&#039;s a good site with a picture</a> of the quick disconnect mounted.&nbsp;I put mine on my Subaru Brat on the roll bar on a <a href="http://s1.hubimg.com/u/927624_f520.jpg" target="_blank">1&quot; diameter 4&quot; tall spring</a> and then used a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Larsen-Band-Replacement-Whip-Antenna/dp/B004XFWRTU" target="_blank">Larson super-slinky 4&#039; whip</a> and I can go through the thickest brush and branches and all it does it flex and snap right back, plus it performs a hella-lot better than something like an 18&quot; Firestick, the single most popular off-road antenna I see in the dirt around these hills.&nbsp;Now get it done and get your ass out there and eat some dust!&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbup:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup:"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":thumbup:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Needle Bender, post: 351323, member: 13339"] Get a strong $30 [URL="http://www.wearecb.com/store/images/QD2.jpg"]quick-disconnect Hustler[/URL] antenna stud from a nearby truck-stop, they're usually only $15 from a truck-stop [B]without the Hustler name[/B] on the package. [B]DON'T GET THE [URL="http://www.walcottcb.com/antenna-quick-disconnect-300103-p-2218.html"]CHEAP ONES[/URL][/B] - I've tried them all and they just split along the slice and lose the antenna somewhere in the dirt! Use a liberal amount of [URL="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=erbr&tok=O4O5AbnI1g9pFGT_drLZTA&cp=5&gs_id=5h&xhr=t&q=noalox&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1144&bih=704&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5057232411086195395&sa=X&ei=vHQ-T8XhHaiciAKuqOmgAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ8wIwAQ"]NOALOX[/URL] to keep the dirt and water out of the guts of the quick-disconnect. Get a [URL="http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102661&clickId=349681403&affiliateId=3578&affiliateCustomId="]Radio Shack base loaded antenna[/URL] [I](which is good for at least 300w since I have been using a Texas Star 350 on it)[/I] and is almost all whip (about 4 1/2') with a small base loaded piece of 8" fiberglass wrapped with about 35 turns of wire. You can't hurt it, it just flexes out of the way of anything you hit. It performs real well, as good as my Wilson 1000. You can use any strong 3/8 x 24 mount. [URL="http://www.stu-offroad.com/cb/cb_install-2.htm"]Here's a good site with a picture[/URL] of the quick disconnect mounted. I put mine on my Subaru Brat on the roll bar on a [URL="http://s1.hubimg.com/u/927624_f520.jpg"]1" diameter 4" tall spring[/URL] and then used a [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Larsen-Band-Replacement-Whip-Antenna/dp/B004XFWRTU"]Larson super-slinky 4' whip[/URL] and I can go through the thickest brush and branches and all it does it flex and snap right back, plus it performs a hella-lot better than something like an 18" Firestick, the single most popular off-road antenna I see in the dirt around these hills. Now get it done and get your ass out there and eat some dust! :thumbup: [/QUOTE]

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