I have a '95 Cafe Racer. My VHF radio is in the glovebox. The VHF antenna is below deck (under the port side dash, above the locker) and gets unbelievably BAD reception!
Any suggestions on how to mount something, somewhere that doesn't look like some slapped on afterthought but will some decent reception?

Chasin' CA$H

VHF ?

Mine is on the top of my handheld radio!!

I have often thought about the same thing .....but I had to pull in a disabled Sail Boat 2 weeks ago ... and the VHF came in handy communicating back and forth ...however a hand held is probably the answer ...My VHF antenna is always getting in the way ... Manuvering up to the bow ...getting hung up on the cover ....or the last episode was pulling into the slip ...I have a work platform that runs across the back of the boat that is raised when we take the boat out ....If you forget to lower the Antenna it gets snapped off ....

who needs a vhf we just have a handheld and a cell phone cuse the most common conversing from our boat is to our mechanic

Diddo

We use the VHF for conversation boat to boat thru our intercom systems when traveling. We regularly travel long distances up and down the coast of FL and to the Bahamas. Cell phones in the Bahamas, and about 8 miles off of the Fl Coast work pretty poorly. Besides a cell phone call could be work calling, I prefer to turn it off...

Like my Cigarette brother Z/P I have a handheld VHF radio, but I prefer no to stop, shut off the engines and take off my headset to have a conversation with another boat or other station. Our intercom/stereo/VHF systems work great except for the lack of VHF range.
Surely someone out there in OSO land talks boat to boat while running...

CA$H

boy that was a waste of gas. vhf is line of sight reception, antennas are ugly! you choose which is more important...

On the 38' SE we had it mounted under the engine hatch. You could get OK reception, and if you really needed to speak to someone clearly just pop the hatch open.