I've had a couple of people
email me about where to put a CB in a Cherokee, so I thought I'd do
a little write-up about what I did with mine. As you can see,
I mounted my Midland under the dash on the driver's side. Another
popular mounting place is upright on the transmission hump, just to
the right of the gear shift. My CB mount is bolted through the
dash, but I would recommend just getting some double sided mounting
tape or a CB mount with mounting tape already on it -- makes life
a lot easier and quicker. I angled the CB up as far as it would
go until it touched the dash, that way it was completely out
of the way of my legs (read: NO loss of leg room) and I could
see and reach the controls easily. I hot glued the mic holder
to the side of the center console just ahead of the 4x4 shifter (see
below right)...hey, it works...I used wire ties to keep the wiring
and coax cable in place.
I wired it straight to and from the
battery. I noticed a lot of intereference from all my power
accessories (pwr windows, windshield wipers, AC, ect) so I tried
shortening the ground wire and added an in-line noise suppressor.
Shortening the ground wire actually made things worse so I went
back to the battery, but I may have just picked a bad place to ground
to. The noise suppressor helped a little, but turning the
squelch up a little helps the most (I know, not much of a fix, but
it works on the trail). Plus, it's just a cheapo $50 CB so
I can't really expect too much.
I started out using the mag-mount antenna
the CB came with, first mounting it on the roof right over my head,
then I moved it to the middle over the cargo area. I have since replaced
the mag-mount with a 4' whip, which started out mounted to the driver's
side endcap of the rear bumper (see pics below), but I've now moved
the whip to a custom tire carrier mount that is also the license plate
mount.
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