That same job awaiting me back home.
Antenna will be (mainly):
President Texas
May be out of production. See thread. Still available a few places. (Walcott Radio?)
Thread titled, “Roof Puck Mount”, is for my ‘04 Dodge 555.
Breedlove Machine catalog bigger than it looks. I’d go over carefully and list some part numbers I think might work. Call for their advice. An 84”
Texas is a pretty good wind load. More so for a Predator. (It’s not the antenna weight. What works at 60-mph may crumple sheetmetal at 77-mph. Etc).
The online MARINCO 3% DC Voltage Drop calculator very handy for
total length of POS/NEG cable. How to determine AWG required. That needs to be USCG or SAE 105c rated. Etc.
Another thread here is re Proper Mobile Coax Choke. Palomar Engineers is one source (and most other ferrites).
Recommended (clicky):
www.K0BG.com
The Bible for Mobile Install
I’m in the stage of RF bonding. Supplies still coming in. I’m only home a few days per month.
I’ve ordered the same clamp-on RF Ammeter Allen suggested. An antenna analyzer needs purchase. (Install details and tests of Install components is precedence over actual radio gear).
Plenty to read on. Recommend going over it all before getting too far.
As a thought, a SIRIO 5000 Performer with PL-145 mag mount is a get-by till install done. And useful with every other vehicle. (See threads). It’s a handy A-B reference to the later, permanent install.
Coax I cover with UV-resistant split loom, and flame-resistant split loom for power cables. (I’m using ANCOR 10/2 Duplex in the Dodge. 15’ POS/NEG combined length is 20A draw capable before insertion losses).
Elsewhere,
The Big 3, upgrade to vehicle primary electrical system wiring worth the read. Truck really should have new, bigger (and more) DC grounds just as insurance. True HD BATT cables, also.
A low voltage shutoff worth considering.
Etc.
(Get the weak sisters out of the TOTAL system-of-systems needed for Radio)
A radio installation that is the right type for HAM Radio equipment is the goal, IMO.
Remember:
CB is for chumps.
Eleven Meter — ability to work sideband — is The Real Thing.
(You ain’t gotta admit that to Skeeter OR to Cousin Cletus).
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I’m shure this has been asked before. But now that where beginning to start to ease into a new solar cycle. I want to install me a mobile setup again, and this time around I don’t want to use a Wilson 1000 mag mount. 
