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Thanks for all the info robb, bootymonster, the db and audioshockwav, hope I haven't annoyed anyone to much with this subject. I will probably do what robb said and keep the magnet mount for the mobile and just do a simple wire antenna. Thanks again everyone

Bootymonster said I need more mass than the wires have for the capacitive grounding effect to happen with the mag-mount. I forgot to mention that I was going to take a piece of 1/8 steel plate and tack weld the fence to it, sorry about that. The magnet I bought is a 3" mount with 12' of coax...

Also not questioning you authority on the matter, rather just trying to learn the error in this set up, but how does this differ from sticking the mag mount on a vehicle? And how is a steel whip different from a fiberglass? I have ran both on a mirror bracket and unless I did it wrong both...

Aw crap, that's what I get for trying. I was under the impression that the magnet mount grounded to the vehicle through the magnet and the center of the coax went to the whip. So when I put the magnet on the fence (which is just laying on the ground) it would act as the vehicle body a.k.a...

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum but have read many posts prior to joining. I haven't been active on the radio for a while now and recently I have found many hours of free time on the weekends in the evenings so I figured I would try and get back in it. I just bought a new Superstar 158...