Thanks for the advice, John and Al. I will give Al's advice a shot. I think I still might go through the battery directly though, I'd be afraid that going through the fan circuit breaker would give me fan noise in the CB. I'll try both, and I will use the thicker gauge wire. I'm not sure if there is a good ground around the fuse box area like you mentioned. Any suggestions there? And I will try grounding the antenna to the engine block and see how that turns out. Anyone else have other tips to try? -Patrick C. 1880 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/