Digger84

Ok so I could possibly improve the connection through the existing pole with some short jumpers especially it looks like where it meets the boat body. That makes sense I hadn't thought of that. Thanks ?. I'll check out those videos also

Looks like our local Home Depot has that Noalox, thanks for the tips on that. Since I am now looking at mounting the antenna on the pole that the white light is on I will need to run a wire down to the boat body from the L bracket right to create the ground plane since the pole it's on doesn't seem to be a very good electrical conducter as far as I can tell so far. So I would use that noalox at the point the wire connects to the boat and would I still get the same ground plane effect from the antenna being roughly almost 3 ft above the boat?

Yeah it would mostly be so my wife can get a hold of me since there isn't great cell service in the area and I've been known to drop my phone before!!! I was just looking it over and I could mount it at top of the pole the white light is on. That would put it about 2 ft above me. Thanks for the tip about the oxide prevention I hadn't thought of that issue.

So if I understand this correctly if that NMO L bracket is attached directly to the aluminum body of the boat then the water and boat will work together as a ground plane? One thing I hadn't thought about was having the antenna at least 3 ft from anyone in the boat, is that a pretty standard rule of thumb?

Ok that looks perfect, now I think I understand what you meant. Yeah I haven't been real impressed with what came with my Midland.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I might try that 1/4 wave idea first since I am planning to replace the one on my truck that came with my MXT275. I don't get to far out with boat so the 1/4 wave that came with it just might work for what I need. Thanks again everyone.

Would a 1/2 wave antenna be the best bet to mount on a small fishing boat since it wouldn't need a ground plain? It's an aluminum boat but I would be mounting it on the back corner of the boat so it wouldn't have an even metal surface under it.

Glad I wasn't the only one that got confused by the version numbers in the post! ?

Thanks for the quick response. I'll have to check out all your videos and see if you have one about this radio

Hi I'm really new here and just got my license last week but after reading these posts and watching that awesome video I need ask your opinion. I just yesterday ordered a Btech GMRS V2 and would like your thoughts on it, good or bad would be much appreciated. Thanks

Just got my license last week and had purchased a Midland MXT275 a couple of weeks ago. Found out from this forum to check with Midland about wide band on it and I am shipping it to them today to update. Also just ordered a Btech GMRS-V2