Antenna for Cascadia?

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  1. rabbiporkchop

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  3. craig_sez

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    My set up..Seems to work...longest contact yet was a lsb goin fr 80/287 in jersey back to windsor novascotia area..
     

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  4. shogun

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    It did, at least. I sold it since my company swapped from Freightliner to International which is a mistake. These trucks are the worst I’ve ever driven. I will try this mag mount on the front roof like red5 did, and if it doesn’t work, I’m going to take the mirror apart after I put a 6 foot Skipshooter on it and make sure the ground is good.

    I’m waiting on my CMC choke to show up. I hope to get it all installed this next week. I’m going to try a few radios in there to see how they work, and start with my Ranger 6300F low power.
     
  5. rabbiporkchop

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    Which model Internationals are you getting?
     
  6. rabbiporkchop

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    How is the surface wave performance?
     
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    Mine is like this, with the exception being it only has the driver side mirror fiberglass antenna. The am/fm antenna is separately mounted in front of the windshield (you can barely see it in this pic) I’m going to put the magnet right over the left marker light, at 4 feet the Tiger top load should be a few inches taller than the air dam.

    If I get too much reflect I will try a skipshooter on the mirror with the PVC at the base again.

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  8. rabbiporkchop

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    If the antenna is mounted down low like that you're going to need a 7-footer probably if not a 9ft whip mounted at a 45 degree angle.
    I don't have much faith in a magnet on that truck.
     
  9. craig_sez

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    Well im gonna have to look up what that means later and get back to you..
     
  10. craig_sez

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    Dude.........Really!!!
    Tried lookin that up and so much high tech words and crap that i need to go find what other words mean just to understand the initial thing....
    Surface wave needs space wave and blah blah blah...I wouldnt even know how to measure it...
     
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  11. rabbiporkchop

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    0-100 mile range.
    600-10,000 miles is easy. 30-100 miles is much more difficult mobile to mobile.
     
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