yes, the antenna has to be ground, it cant just lay in the bad. you can short out your radio that way. Easiest way to mount it. Go to radio shack and tell them you need a mount kit for your CB. You need to insulate the antenna from the ground. You drill a hole (or get a mount). the antenna will screw into the borrom of the hole with an adapter for the antenna. you use a plastic insulator to seperate teh antenna from the ground. im trying to find a pic for you right now.
Unless... do you have a magnet mount antenna? sorry forgot to ask.
