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You cold get one of these brackets and mount it to the hump.
CB Radio Hump Mount - CB Radios Plus
I hang small business band radios under the dash, usually over the gas pedal.
There is a metal strip there, which is more secure than plastic. Some models under the catch all to the right...
There was already a post on this topic.
http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-band-cb-radios/18231-extra-channels-old-cobra-135-a.html
Hope this helps.
BTW, one trick i used to do with 23 ch crystal radios was switch the oscillator crystals around for different set of channels. they droped...
I would ground it. It helps for lightning protection.
There are tools to aid in this. Here are a couple that i use in the commercial communications world.
http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=65935&eventGroup=4&eventPage=1...
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