You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
The Feb 2025 Radioddity Giveaway Results are In! Click Here to see who won!

Reply to thread

Message

I see lots of people struggle to mount these longer center loaded antennas on pickup trucks in less then ideal locations to limit their driving height. If you have to move the antenna so that it's way off center on the ground plane, not mounted directly on top of a ground plane, or significantly blocked by having the cab parallel to it, you may be doing more harm then the larger antenna can correct.

You are likely to find a shorter 4 or 5 foot whip on the top of the cab does better then a 6 or 7 foot whip a foot or two below the cab roof. Especially if the ground plane is compromised in the longer antennas mounting location. I'd always opt to put a 3/8 mount on the cab. Buy whatever length loaded antenna I could get by with driving around and keep a full length 1/4 wave in the bed for parking and talking. I doubt anything practical would work better in a single antenna and the cost of this system is attractive.

<blockquote data-quote="Shockwave" data-source="post: 264498" data-attributes="member: 10882">I see lots of people struggle to mount these longer center loaded antennas on pickup trucks in less then ideal locations to limit their driving height. If you have to move the antenna so that it&#039;s way off center on the ground plane, not mounted directly on top of a ground plane, or significantly blocked by having the cab parallel to it, you may be doing more harm then the larger antenna can correct. You are likely to find a shorter 4 or 5 foot whip on the top of the cab does better then a 6 or 7 foot whip a foot or two below the cab roof. Especially if the ground plane is compromised in the longer antennas mounting location. I&#039;d always opt to put a 3/8 mount on the cab. Buy whatever length loaded antenna I could get by with driving around and keep a full length 1/4 wave in the bed for parking and talking. I doubt anything practical would work better in a single antenna and the cost of this system is attractive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shockwave, post: 264498, member: 10882"] I see lots of people struggle to mount these longer center loaded antennas on pickup trucks in less then ideal locations to limit their driving height. If you have to move the antenna so that it's way off center on the ground plane, not mounted directly on top of a ground plane, or significantly blocked by having the cab parallel to it, you may be doing more harm then the larger antenna can correct. You are likely to find a shorter 4 or 5 foot whip on the top of the cab does better then a 6 or 7 foot whip a foot or two below the cab roof. Especially if the ground plane is compromised in the longer antennas mounting location. I'd always opt to put a 3/8 mount on the cab. Buy whatever length loaded antenna I could get by with driving around and keep a full length 1/4 wave in the bed for parking and talking. I doubt anything practical would work better in a single antenna and the cost of this system is attractive. [/QUOTE]

Top Bottom