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i agree with this.. yes they advertise 5000 watts. but 500- 1000 ssb power is most id run thru it..maybe it can handle more ...idk ..i wouldnt try it

so question to all that use the skipshooter anyone ever put a spring under it.. i ask cause with everything on these days you gotta use drive thrus.. ...so i thought with the spring it would give and bend back outta way till i cleared.

thank,s guys for the work in this.. ive used topload antennas in the past,, they seem to work well.. not much on power handling or bandwith. i may have to give this one a try

i have a 2016..which replaced a snapped imax.. it recieves slightly better and tx slightly better also.. imho i think the macov 5/8 would be slightly better than my sirio

mine got water in where the whip goes in..didnt actually fill up though

alummin roof not making a groundplane for the antenna????

those are great lil am radios. i dont remember the tune up process but i was thinking theres 3 cans total ...but i cant remeber

look, up the sirio gainmaster half wave its center fed and has a built in rf choke to keep ya outta of tvs

on your wire antenna..definately... on ya maco no.. just tune the antenna

my favorite radio also... 2nd only to my kenwood

faCTORY MIC is way too small for my liking.. jmo

bumpimng this back to the top..wanting to see some pics

i appreciate this info..my wilson mag mount came apart .i went to clean underneath it before winter. and magnet stayed on .. i wanna try something different ..thinking its gonna be 3/8x 24 threads. i tried sirios they work good. just not much better than a wilson imho..i wanna get something...

mount the firestick on the rear pocket stake by the tailgate away from the cab..may help?

i seen some on ebay . mag mount and trunk mount . if that helps

i replaced my wilson with a sirio performer 5000.. theres is a SLIGHT increase on tx/rx.. they do tune a lil better than the wilson. my only complaint is on recieve it picks up alot more electical noise. from electic wires, other cars,ect...its also roughly 5 or 6 inches taller. so ya gonna hit...

i voted suburban..only cause it has the most roof...[largest groundplane] i bet if ya woulded added mini van in there it been really closer to the suburban.just a side note . my mini van install seemed to do a little better than my s10 pu install . same magnet mount on the roof same radio

i owned the early cobra 19 plus.it had a plastic case and was black n orange in color. this was in the early to mid 90s. i ran a 4 foot firestick on my truck and i could talk locally really good. 7-10 miles im guessing. .i also had the uniden 5120 in the better half car i didnt like the stock...

very nice radio

so i must have missed ya results . thank you for all ya efforts. i too have done mobile antenna tests but been every bit of 20 years ago. . so whats ya favorite every day daily driving antenna based on performance , looks ,ect