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Everything was working perfectly earlier in the day. Strong clear signals on the interstate. I connected back to the Maxon I had in the vehicle, but there wasn't much chatter. Like I said, we were having some bad storms here, so that could have played a factor. The weather stations on the 29WXNWST was coming in crystal clear. Other than that, not much. Plus, my house is kind of out of the way of the interstate. I didn't hear much on 6 or 11 tonight that I can recall. Earlier in the day I did though.

I am going to go back out tomorrow and check it out.

As for the coax connectors, I actually had to resolder new ends on about a week ago, because the old ones had broken loose (bad solder joints by the person who made it). Made a HUGE improvement over what it was before.

As for the antenna, I think I may go mag mount on the roof, but trying to decide on which one and the height. Height is kind of a limiting factor without having to remove it all the time (I park in a parking deck at work). Was think a Wilson mag mount with the 39" whip. Currently using a 3' Wilson fiberglass mounted in the right rear door frame, getting about a 1.5 SWR throughout.

<blockquote data-quote="RBeach" data-source="post: 160790" data-attributes="member: 11327">Everything was working perfectly earlier in the day.&nbsp; Strong clear signals on the interstate.&nbsp; I connected back to the Maxon I had in the vehicle, but there wasn&#039;t much chatter.&nbsp; Like I said, we were having some bad storms here, so that could have played a factor.&nbsp; The weather stations on the 29WXNWST was coming in crystal clear.&nbsp; Other than that, not much.&nbsp; Plus, my house is kind of out of the way of the interstate.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t hear much on 6 or 11 tonight that I can recall.&nbsp; Earlier in the day I did though.I am going to go back out tomorrow and check it out.As for the coax connectors, I actually had to resolder new ends on about a week ago, because the old ones had broken loose (bad solder joints by the person who made it).&nbsp; Made a HUGE improvement over what it was before.As for the antenna, I think I may go mag mount on the roof, but trying to decide on which one and the height.&nbsp; Height is kind of a limiting factor without having to remove it all the time (I park in a parking deck at work).&nbsp; Was think a Wilson mag mount with the 39&quot; whip.&nbsp; Currently using a 3&#039; Wilson fiberglass mounted in the right rear door frame, getting about a 1.5 SWR throughout.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RBeach, post: 160790, member: 11327"] Everything was working perfectly earlier in the day. Strong clear signals on the interstate. I connected back to the Maxon I had in the vehicle, but there wasn't much chatter. Like I said, we were having some bad storms here, so that could have played a factor. The weather stations on the 29WXNWST was coming in crystal clear. Other than that, not much. Plus, my house is kind of out of the way of the interstate. I didn't hear much on 6 or 11 tonight that I can recall. Earlier in the day I did though. I am going to go back out tomorrow and check it out. As for the coax connectors, I actually had to resolder new ends on about a week ago, because the old ones had broken loose (bad solder joints by the person who made it). Made a HUGE improvement over what it was before. As for the antenna, I think I may go mag mount on the roof, but trying to decide on which one and the height. Height is kind of a limiting factor without having to remove it all the time (I park in a parking deck at work). Was think a Wilson mag mount with the 39" whip. Currently using a 3' Wilson fiberglass mounted in the right rear door frame, getting about a 1.5 SWR throughout. [/QUOTE]

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