The weather here in AZ is starting to tame down a little bit, so I'm finally getting ready to start my mobile install. I have a Midland "mirror and rollbar mount" for the NMO that I will be mounting to the side of a ladder rack I have on the truck. This mount from Midland has a pretty thick coating on it, which I'm not opposed to sanding down if need be, but I'm also not sure of how well the electrical ground between the ladder rack and the bed of the truck is.
Does the NMO require an electrical connection to the vehicle ground through the mount, or is the ground through the cable to the radio sufficient? Every time I've tried googling the question, all I seem to come across is a bunch of answers about ground plane, which is obviously different.
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The weather here in AZ is starting to tame down a little bit, so I'm finally getting ready to start my mobile install. I have a Midland "mirror and rollbar mount" for the NMO that I will be mounting to the side of a ladder rack I have on the truck. This mount from Midland has a pretty thick coating on it, which I'm not opposed to sanding down if need be, but I'm also not sure of how well the electrical ground between the ladder rack and the bed of the truck is.
Does the NMO require an electrical connection to the vehicle ground through the mount, or is the ground through the cable to the radio sufficient? Every time I've tried googling the question, all I seem to come across is a bunch of answers about ground plane, which is obviously different.
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