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Antenna for Volvo

Thinking about a pair of 5ft francis's what do you think? (Volvo 670)
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I say don't go for it. In order to get the swr as low as possible you have to tune the antenna. The francis doesnt have a tunable tip.
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go with 5'ers if you can! but if you like the fiberglass (which i do) try getting a tuneable tip antenna
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I would go with a Wilson 5000, although you can't mount it to your mirror you can get what they call a bird perch mount. It replaces one bolt in the mirror bracket and then sticks out where you can mount the antenna, this also gives a good ground.
It is especially made for Volvo trucks. Google Volvo perch mount to see what it is.
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I don't think the swr really matters, I have a pair of $30 antennas that are getting out 5 miles, Francis's are non-tuneable, but from the experts at Clay's they say their the best bang for the buck.
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Is it true you have to use the factory antenna's for the volvo's? I heard something about this just wondering if thats the case
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I don't think the swr really matters
It will when the swr is to high and burns your radio up..
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Nope not true...I just got out of a Volvo and I was running a single Wilson 5000 antenna..
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