CB Antenna ground

[Capt. Crunch]

i currently have my firestik mounted on my taillight, but i'm getting a offal lot of static noise. So my question is... Does the antenna need to be mounted to the body to be grounded.

[XJLI]

mine is grounded fine on the mount that attaches above the tail light. yes, you need a good ground.

[HeavyMetal]

man its been awhile for me on this..but...

im pretty sure the antenna itself needs to be isolated from the body/mount...one way of doing this is a plastic washer between the antenna and the mount where it screws in..at least thats how the last firestik i setup was like

[XJLI]

man its been awhile for me on this..but...

im pretty sure the antenna itself needs to be isolated from the body/mount...one way of doing this is a plastic washer between the antenna and the mount where it screws in..at least thats how the last firestik i setup was like

yes.

and mount kit comes with it. you cant just mount the antenna to the tailight.

[Capt. Crunch]

even though my taillight housing is plastic?

[XJLI]

yup.