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I can mirror mount, just not that Firestick. Tried it once and ended up breaking it from the wind. I do have another antenna mounted there that I’ll give a try. Just curious, why does lean in the antenna bad??

Ok, I moved the antenna to try and get it as far away from the truck and the trailer. Retested the SWR and got it down to 1.8 on 40 and 1.6 on 1. Then took the sheath I had on it off and the SWR dropped to 1.5 on both 40 and 1. I think that’s the best I’m gonna get with this set up. Curious...

Oh, I see what you saying. No I haven’t done that yet. Gimme a few days and I’ll try that. You really think that sleeve will affect SWR? I was always under the impression that the actual radio signal emanates at the top of the antenna. So why would something further down in the shaft affect the...

Pretty much everyone uses the same setup with some minor variations. I have tested a few of their setups and found that they also have really high SWR as well, yet they always seem to hear better than me.

The whacking is when I take the truck through the car wash, so it’s not a continual thing.

Yes!! Duh! That’s why it’s showing grounded. I’m an idiot.

Thanks for all yalls advice. I have to work a little each day to get everything squared away, so a day or few may go by before I come back with results/issues. One thing that is confusing me is last week I tested the ground with a multi meter and all was good. I tested again yesterday and now...

It’s a piece of air hose to protect the antenna when it smacks the cowling.

Sorry for taking so long to get back, im still trying a few more things to lower the SWR. I’m going to try and mount in the mirror and also I’m going to try and angle the firestik2 behind the ferring/cowling and get it away a bit. I was wondering, can the power ground in the cab affect SWR? When...

Need some experienced opinions on my issue. Installed a firestick2 so I could tune the antenna to my radio. Problem is, I have high SWR (2.9+) and can not get it to come down. Switched to a brand new coax to compare and ecmxavt same readings. Used a multi meter and confirmed I had a good base...