Antenna Input Right-angle Connector

Ya ...... a $135,000 custom ordered commercial vehicle in a 1-owner 3-operator self-built company, boss isn't taking chances, and at my age knowing full well what mega corps are all about, I wholly concur with him.

 

And this is how long it takes to get anydamnthing done on a 24hr wrecker.

I haven't done any reading nor have I got to my external meter.

I have, however, done these things. .....

Got rid of the right angle and ran a co-phase cable picked up at FlyJ out of convenience (I'm in the middle of nowhere ).

Spread my mounts as far as I could, just a 1/4 inch from the outer curve now.

Road check = crap transmission, but I could hear great.

Got to thinkng back to my youth watching all the trucks, and the shiney metal mirrors with antennas mounted, and my own car stereo installs and whatnot ....... so I'm thinking that physical ground issue on these Freightliner 2022 M2 mirrors.

These mirrors feel & sound as if some kind of metal alloy composite what-the-hell-evers, and the arm to door mount is definitely composite plastic hoohah crap, no telling the bolt-to-door arrangement.

So I ran a ground wire from each mount to a bolt on the inner cab ceiling structure.

Eurkea, I'm all over yer channel 19 now, lol.
I hear everyone and they hear me just as fine, been yapping away here & there up & down 40.

And I reckon I'm not just a wannabe cuz I got muh mike hanging high on a retractable tether so there !! haha

Thank you everyone! !

 

Indeed.

I have it in the truck, next bit of free time I'll catch open field and see what I have.

Between impounds & rez wrecks & semi wrecks & load calls & ......... ok I'm out of breath now, lol.

 

Ok, here we go, I finally got to the external test.

Recap of the setup ....

2022 Freightliner M2 106 ExtCab Wrecker/Rollback.

West Coast mirrors
---- very alloy sounding, composite door mount, tx & rec was zero.
---- Ground wire added (not flat, not short) from antenna mount to cab steel structure, tx & rec became very clear.

Unit: Cobra 29LTD Classic (no mod as far as I know, tow salvage goody)
Antenna: Dual Tram NH-4-HC 4' Steel whip, Base Load
Addition: Firestik 6" recoil spring
Mirror Mount: Flyin-J Heavy Duty,
Cable: Amazon RoadPro RP-18CCP 18' Co-Phase Cable
Spread: Whip to whip at the base load - 105"
Heigh Above Cab Roof: 3'9" of steel
Whip to Baseload Depth: 3/16" below lower set screw.

Mic: Amazon, Pro Trucker DP56 w/noise cancel.

Meter: Workman SWR-3P 10/100 Watt

Test Area: Open Desert


Note: ground connection was for test, bare will be replaced with ring connctor & heat wrap.

And the results ......

Tx & Rec are crystal clear.
Chatter on it yesterday, truckers were on 40 while I was sitting over a mile away, with town in between, and my wrecker tucked in the driveway between the house & RV.

Ch 1


Ch 40



How does that look?

Can I talk to Mars? lol

Thank you all so much for all the input!