I like yours even better. That thing is beautiful.I did the same thing with a Sirio 5000
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centerload or base load
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It worked well too right up to the point this antenna took a direct lightning strike 2 years ago!
Most bang for the buck......
Just use a good o'll fashion firestick
Just use a good o'll fashion firestick
Every time I see a mount on a mirror bracket a little bit more of me dies. 
At least rabbiporkschop you know its crap and try to do something to make it less so and it clearly seems to work for you.
At least rabbiporkschop you know its crap and try to do something to make it less so and it clearly seems to work for you.
It's not that bad. It's not the best place to mount an antenna but for many of us, it's the only place.
I'm still looking for an owner operator with a Volvo 660 to donate these to a good cause since I don't use them anymore.Every time I see a mount on a mirror bracket a little bit more of me dies.
At least rabbiporkschop you know its crap and try to do something to make it less so and it clearly seems to work for you.
Those are nice bracket mounts, thanks anyway. I'm not really into super CB like I used to be and those wouldn't be good for my screwdriver antenna because of the weight and the vulnerability of the mounting location those are designed for.I'll give you these free of charge. Made specifically for your truck.
I'm going to remount my screwdriver antenna in the center of the cab with a custom made bracket that will mount to the trucks outside visor mounting bolts but I need to make a switching relay for my UNUN transformer box so I can remote switch from in the cab.
Been there . . . done that.
Guaranteed to make you change your shorts - lol . . .
Hey 'FatherUncleanMeat'It depends on the vehicle and the mounting location. Center load is ideal but unfortunately nobody seems to make a center load antenna for a tractor trailer so you pretty much have to make one yourself from scratch like these. These would work great on the roof of a car or truck but unfortunately they would also rip a hole in your roof if you hit a bird at 65 miles an hour.
A center load on a tractor trailer still won't perform anywhere close to how this bottom load performs on my Chevy Tahoe though.
You could try on your SUV what I have on my truck;a Quad-magnet mount
...Which I use for my custom built 'monkey-made' style "center-loaded" mobile antenna.
The cool part of the "center-loaded" antenna, (of which many or even most aren't actually centered) is the way the load raises the current bloom up & away from the ground of the metal roof, providing a lower TOA and less of a 1/4 wave GP effect of a ~45° TOA, helping the overall performance when long-range local or low-angle DX is preferred over higher angle 'canyon" performance.
When I head for the hills to go camping and I know I'll be in & outburgerof canyons, I'll swap to the Wilson 5000 mag mount.
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I recognize that a top load or Center load antenna would be more efficient but with that huge sheet metal roof I can afford to compromise with the bottom load and look very inconspicuous yet still have great performance. I'm trying to look as Incognito as possible.Hey 'FatherUncleanMeat'
a Quad-magnet mount
...Which I use for my custom built 'monkey-made' style "center-loaded" mobile antenna.
The cool part of the "center-loaded" antenna, (of which many or even most aren't actually centered) is the way the load raises the current bloom up & away from the ground of the metal roof, providing a lower TOA and less of a 1/4 wave GP effect of a ~45° TOA, helping the overall performance when long-range local or low-angle DX is preferred over higher angle 'canyon" performance.
When I head for the hills to go camping and I know I'll be in & outburgerof canyons, I'll swap to the Wilson 5000 mag mount.
No doubt it did!
Most people probably don't consider being struck while driving.
The truck (semi-tractor) sustained over $30,000 of electronic and other electrical damage and nearly all my HF, CB, and other electronics got wiped out completely or needed repairs.
Unfortunately I couldn't file an insurance claim because it was in a company vehicle not mine.
Now I have a separate policy that covers fire, theft, accidents, etc. on just my HF equipment.
Live and learn.
not really But in off-road situations with tree branches to deal with and a roof that 7 ft off the ground I don't need something rigid attached to my sheet metal that's going to get taken out by a tree branch, plus with the Invasion from South of the Border I don't need to attract attention to any electronic equipment I might have in my vehicle by having some big gaudy looking antenna on the roof of my vehicle. When I'm in a tractor-trailer I do things completely different by measuring the physical space I have to deal with from my desired mounting location and subtracting the length of my load and dividing the remainder by 2 which tells me how long to make my shaft and whip. I can create a much more heavy duty antenna mounting system on a tractor trailer than I'm able to do on a sheet metal roof so that my shaft will actually Bend if I hit a bird at 65 miles an hour. if I hit a bird in the Tahoe it's not going to damage my antenna due to the flexibility of the whip
I once was on a quest for the perfect antenna. Once my radio was fine tuned, I realized I didn't even need an antenna to be loud on 28 while barefoot running on a 9 volt battery.
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