Good Radio Shops

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  1. rabbiporkchop

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  3. mike5511

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    I wouldn't recommend the 7 foot Firestick, just too much wind resistance torquing against the mount, even with extra support off the top of the mirror. I have one that the stud snapped off of. Sure wouldn't run it in the winter if I do find another one. Icing is a problem.
     
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  5. rabbiporkchop

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    I would never recommend a fiberglass antenna on East Coast during the winter time because of the ice issue. At least my antenna will bend like Gumby if I hit an eagle at 75 miles an hour and the 5/8" fiberglass insulator is virtually unbreakable
     
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  6. mike5511

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    I've run the 7ft SkipShooter now for several years. Braced like I have it, wind resistance is a non factor.
     
  7. rabbiporkchop

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    Snow and ice where you live is a non factor also
     
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    Oh they get ice.
     
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    I had the 7ft skipshooters on my Kw for 1 winter and just like any other antenna i stop to get the ice off the antenna and never had a problems with it.

    Actually my predator were worst than my skipshooters whenever there was ice on it, the coils were pretty bad with the ice.
     
  10. mike5511

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    You have to keep it knocked off. We only get a few ice/snow storms a year that might last a day or two, I might feel different if I lived in the NE.
     
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  11. iStout

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    Best CB Shop in NE Ohio is at the Pilot truck stop in Seville, Ohio.
    At Rt71 & Rt 76.
    Kevin Williams really knows how to set up any CB right, at a fair price !
     
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