Lots of options. Bed mount, hood lip mount, hood gap mount, roof mount, etc. I think I would be inclined to mount it somewhere on the bed with an L-bracket and drill a hole in the back of the cab. There is no gap between the bed and the cab so drilling through the cab let’s you avoid any items mounted to the back of the cab. Then run the cable under the carpet to the front of the cab and your radio. The antenna will be compromised with the cab blocking the signal to the front. Of course the best place is on the cab roof but fishing the cable through the headliner will be a little trick. The height may have you whacking it a lot in low clearance situations.
I have a ft891 using a tarheel 75a antenna and a ftm300d using a rubber dual band antenna. One antenna on each side of the bed.What band ranges are you looking for? If for a fairly common 2m/70cm mobile, then i would think a quarter wave (18" or so) on the roof top (I'm thinking the passenger back corner of the roof) or a half or full wave mounted outside the bed at the back corner of passenger side.
If you're looking for an HF setup, you'll want a larger antenna and the back corners of the bed are probably your best options.
I'm still waiting for my Maverick, but I'm pretty sure I've seen references to a vent behind the rear seat. I'm thinking it might be possible to feed the coax to the back of the bed thru that or perhaps drill a small hole near that vent. Obviously if I go with the rooftop quarter wave ... there's gonna be a hole drilled in the roof.
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Nothing installed yet I just got my truck 2 days ago.
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