2016 Snoball Preparations

[WRCRaptor]

@YukonJoe my wife needs some counseling, for the last 3 years of birthdays and Christmases I have asked for springs, shocks or even what I call truck bucks with no luck now to her credit I still get great gifts i.e. 2 bottles of aged bourbon this time. Last B-day a trip to VORE so she is great. Many years ago I did get car parts but no luck lately.

By the way those are good looking shocks!

 

[Yukon Joe]

Getting closer

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[SilentShooter]

I do not see any SNOW.. lol

 

[Yukon Joe]

I do not see any SNOW.. lol

That is a true statement

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[Hockster]

I do not see any SNOW.. lol

Nope, Jim my friend that lives in Minising has to cut his grass!!!

 

[WRCRaptor]

@YukonJoe are youall on your way to the pre run? I will be right by the bridge starting tomorrow for the week if youall need some help.

 

[Kahuna]

Drilled the roof and installed a Breedlove NMO mount and Tram 1150 antenna.

 

[SilentShooter]

I am going to try and get mine further up on the roof so it will act as a better ground plane . As much as I want to keep it in the center I will have it to the right or left of one of the roof strakes. Will just need to see how far up before the sunroof gets in the way

 

[Kahuna]

Yeah, my OCD wouldn't let me put it to the side of one of the ridges. There is a break in each ridge near the middle but that would likely interfere with the sunroof. Besides with the Breedlove mount you need to access the underside to tighten and connect cables. I would have had to drop the liner and aint nobody got time for that!

Be aware that there is a support beam running front to back in the centre which made accessing the underside of the NMO mount a major PITA. Also unless you are going to install an inch or two in front of the third brake light there is no point removing the light. There is structure behind it preventing access further forward under the headliner.

You may be able to install a regular small NMO mount on top of one of the ridges. Worth considering.

A 150mhz wave has a length of circa 2m. They say ground plane size is best at least 1/4 of wavelength so circa 50cm or 20 inches. Try to get it 20 inches from the rear if you can.

 

[COBRA90GT]

You guys might have to change the name to the "Mudball500" if there's no snow in the UP this year...