Lowering my antenna 1"

mike5511 · Dec 23, 2015

rabbiporkchop said: ↑

If you did your testing on the ball mount mounted on the roof of a car your changes would have been less drastic. But because the testing was done on the side of a truck the changes were not for the reasons that you thought they were. Getting the coil away from the cab was the biggest thing that caused your changes. That long antennae I made for the T600 I could chop 2 feet off that shaft and attach it to the roof of a car and I might only need to add an inch to the whip to make up the difference. Which is precisely why I said change is above the coil are drastic and changes below the coil are not drastic.
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I have never tested one like that but it makes sense.

albert2 · Dec 24, 2015

Bdog said: ↑

I tuned my Wilson 2000 and it is 1" too tall for Oklahoma which I travel to on a frequent basis. I thought I could just flip the mirror bracket around and keep the antenna the same length and lower it a bit but the base won't clear the bracket mounted this way. If I trim 1" off the whip I am sure it will throw my tuning out of whack. Any ideas?
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This is about the dumbest thing I ever heard of to worry about.

craig_sez · Dec 24, 2015

Settle down BDOG...Yes it is valid question about tuning and not the fact he is an inch over..Chill oit bud..

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