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My coax lug connector is to small for the bolt on my ball mount what do i do to fix this?
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I may be looking at this wrong there is a little screw with a lug on it . Is this what i use? if so is the lung on my coax to big?
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bull the little bolt is for the center of the coax so if the eyelet is to large for the bolt put a washer on it .....................make sure it is grounded at one of the 3 bolts that hold the mount put a eyelet on the ground shielding of the coax and you should be o k holla back if you still have problems .................keep asking you will get it .....................make sure that the stud that is running through the roof r in your case the tool box that it does not touch any of the metal this is for the center of the coax only ............... and the metal is the ground so keep this in mind...............let me try to explain to you what your doing your mobile ant system uses both the ant that your are installing and the ground of your vehicle you will need both to get your ant complete so with that in mind you will need to make sure that the 2 r isolated that is the trick and you must achieve this b 4 it will work .................so make sure you get it right it is easy just take your time with the install make sure that the eyelets r properly attached to the coax as explained make sure that once you have done the install that you take the time to tune your swr if needed .........................also since you have mounted on the tool box then you need to insure that it is grounded well try to use short ground wires when needed like if the tool box should be bolted real well to the bed of the truck so take small lengths of grounding strap and bolt them from the bed of the truck to the frame on both sides of the truck if you do not have ground strap material then use some shielding from old coax just make up enough to have 1 inch wide and just long enough to reach the distance from frame to bed also put ground straps the same way on the cab to the frame now when you have this completed and you ant is installed you r now working on a ant system..................... the ant is only part of a ant system it will require both the ground plane which is the truck and the ant to get max performance achieved good luck and i hope this will help ........................coach..............................
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ok here are some pictures of what i am trying to do
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what im trying to say is that the lug on my coax is to big for the little screw on the large bolt on my ball mount.
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so put a flat washer on the little bolt that will not be to small and tighten it up .......................looking good so far keep up the good work
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