Antenna God's needed 102" issues..

[sitting duck 616]

Mr Dipole thats the problem i got backed into and the antenna went with it.. so now i have to find a diff location..

 

[vkrules]

Sorry!!! the guys have given you the solution. Put the ant up top with metal under it.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Before this i had my antenna mountex on my front bumper and it kicked a.. before the accident

So it kicked ass until it got it's ass kicked hey?

 

[codeman]

I used to drive an old Volvo 660 and used a Van Ordt 4.5' pow-r-sick top loaded fiberglass antenna, and that antenna talked some serious skip with just a 35 watt Connex 3300. They don't make those antennas anymore, but I would try a 4-5 foot top loaded antenna. A friend of mine gets out real good with a skipshooter antenna. I believe they are very similar in design as the Van Ordt's. Here is their website. http://www.skipshooterantennas.com/Antennas/S412.html

I understand not wanting the MM looking antenna. I would probably still be using a fiberglass antenna, but I had a bad habit of knocking them apart. So i use a double coil Predator 10k and love it. No need to lean it forward.

 

[midnight special]

one of the things i noticed is the coax wrapped around the pogo stick thing,,, unwrap that andjust let it hang down tied on someway,,, better to get it up above cab and away from all metal,,,,

 

[sitting duck 616]

That is not coax it is braided strap...

 

[sitting duck 616]

I might just do that wilson top loaded any good?

 

[codeman]

I would think the Wilson Silverload would work. I had used a K4o top loaded antenna and it worked very good. But, I broke it like I did all my other fiberglass antennas. That is why I went to the Predator 10k. Probably any 4-5 foot good quality top loaded antenna would be fine. I was surprised at how well that K40 worked.

 

[sitting duck 616]

I would think the Wilson Silverload would work. I had used a K4o top loaded antenna and it worked very good. But, I broke it like I did all my other fiberglass antennas. That is why I went to the Predator 10k. Probably any 4-5 foot good quality top loaded antenna would be fine. I was surprised at how well that K40 worked.

Yes sir ...the k40 top loaded is a beast did 40 mile talk no problem.. running thru west virginia and ohio ..

 

[sitting duck 616]

 

[codeman]

Good deal sitting duck! I was really impressed with the K4o.

 

[sitting duck 616]

Maybe i will het the sirio 5000 and try it...

 

[M0GVZ]

If u have a solution please say so but to school me on other trucks don't

Sirio 5000 mounted with a fixed body mount in the middle of the roof if its metal.

 

[Robb]

4 ft SilverLoad antenna on the middle of the headache rack, or a 5 ft SilverLoad antenna on a mirror mount.

I'd prefer the headache rack with the 4 ft SilverLoad; but I'd make sure that the clearance/height above ground to the antenna tip wasn't an issue. This is why the mirror mount is so popular. There is one company that makes a mirror mount with a vise grip attachment, which means that it can always be adjusted on the fly if it should become loose.

The SilverLoad antenna is a top loaded antenna, but a Firestik with similar lengths will also work just fine. There aren't any magic antennas; just common sense that dictates any antenna properly located and mounted above the mass of metal below will have superior perrformance.

There has been many threads like this on this forum like this one and I'm sure that I've read most if not all of them - concerning antenna mounts on tractors in the last six years. You can read some/all of them yourself and will draw the same conclusions - I recon.

Using a braided bonding cable may well be necessaary to connect the door to the chassis so that it will match properly if you go with the mirror mount.

Or run a 1/4 wave steel whip on the front bumper if you feel comfortable with that; but that would be the least desireable placement.

 

[sitting duck 616]

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