More power?

Thx for the explanation kind of understand, so if i got it right this set up us more suited for the truck with ground issue...?

I have never driven a cascadia don't know them, back in the days i did drive the FLD for years & i had lot's of success with various radio set up.

Nice mount neat!

 

It seems to be one way to solve some of the issues with Cascadias and may help in other situations. You still have the issues with the antenna reacting to the cab structure since it is low mounted. Others might be able to explain antennas better than I can.
csw1818 I haven't seen that exact mount before.

 

You're not going to be able to talk much further than the horizon with ground wave communication, no matter how much power you put into your antenna, unless the band is open and you can take advantage of ionospheric propagation (skip). So, on flat terrain you're limited to about 4-5 miles max. If you're in mountainous terrain, your talk / receive distance will increase with your elevation. So if you're on top of a mountain, you'll be able to talk and receive for a much longer distance, relative to flat terrain.

Yeah, this reply is going to start an argument...

 

I am using a predator a friend was selling since he was getting a volvo that he had already set up. With the predator and dipole I am getting out 12-15 from what I gather on radio checks. I need to get it tuned and I should be go up quite a bit. Hard finding radio shops these days it seems.

 

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Drill a hole in front of the two mount bolts there, attach the negative radiator there. Looks like you're already isolated, unless that bit of the mirror you mounted to is metal.

My dipole is not isolated and I'm not changing it. SWR is 1:1 across the band and the performance is top notch. I can't see it getting better by isolating.

 

Drill a hole in front of the two mount bolts there, attach the negative radiator there. Looks like you're already isolated, unless that bit of the mirror you mounted to is metal.

My dipole is not isolated and I'm not changing it. SWR is 1:1 across the band and the performance is top notch. I can't see it getting better by isolating.[/QUOTE]
1.1 across the band I agree don't mess with it.

 

Downward antenna.