can i attach ground to vehicle ground?
1120734
I have it conectwd directly to my utv batery for the past 18 months and works perfect, i only diconect it when the utv its on. And conect back after use or if it Will be spot for a long time..
1120735
It works very well I use it on my boat battery. I have had mine almost a year now with no problems.
1141526
You don't ground this. Your accessory items, you will have to ground separately.
471732
Jerry Morris is dead on here. It does require a ground plane, but the car's roof fills that role! Just make sure to mount it as close to the middle the roof as possible (a quarter wave on 2 meters really needs 20 in radius for the ground plane, at minimum.), and you'll be fine.73s!
1854591
Yes, you will have to run a ground wire (I used a 1/2" wide braded ground strap). There is a small hole in the mount to use for attaching the wire. I ran my ground wire directly to the frame. Hope this helps.
1534887
These are just for the ground. If you can find a way to screw them to the deck just be aware of the wires.
1399742
You would still need to ground it separately. Usually you can find a suitable ground very close to the fuse box.
1451739
Yes you can use it the the unit, as for the ground rod I just went to the hardware store and bought a 2 feet ground rod.
912308
Correction...my mistake . It takes does not have a ground wire. It grounds itself when bolted to the car. In my case, I have a fiberglass body so I had to run a ground wire to the bolt. All in all easy install, and for those who claimed bad reception probably should check their power connection. This thing is awsome!!
2065289
It can be mounted anywhere inline, but it must be grounded. It is best to be grounded straight to a grounding rod outside.
110799
Will work as long as proper ground. Instructions state the item will not function if not properly grounded.
67641
Under the driver's side kick panel. You have to remove the panel to access the connector. You will see atleast two metal screws connected to the truck body. Undo one of the screws and attach the ground wire connection. Worked great.
187305
There's no ground insert. I cemented my poles into the ground. You could unscrew the top pole and take that out if you needed to, but you would still have the bottom pole sticking out of the ground.
1940937
Really need to be bolted to concrete "pad". But I guess if you "buried the base in the ground, that would work. No adapter necessary.
917599
Yes, there are metal sections that anchor the unit to the ground. They seem effective, but installation is tricky if ground is not level.
1267309
It comes with a bracket to be screwed to something. So you could put a 4x4 post in the ground and attach it to that.
282364
no. there is no ground connection to the anteenae itself. it grounds thru your electrical outlet. if you have a splitter make sure you have a ground to that if it outdoors.
454242
Hmm, that's a new one on me - is one of them a chassis ground? I would just figure out which the ground and neutral were and tie them together...