Cb antenna for dummys!!!

Had the 18" shaft install and I clean all the connections. Had the SWR tune. He clip quite a bit of the stinger. Got it down to 1.2 on Channel 1 and 1.3 on Channel 40. I measure the height form the ground to the top of the antenna. 13'9". With the recieve upgrade I had install a month ago and the antenna shaft longer, my Galaxy Pluto seems to come all together. Already have the RFX 75 and SRA 198. Whats next ? For now pretty happy with my set up. Now I think im gonna jump on a Galaxy 98V , was made an offer I couldn't refuse.

 

Or he could put a 90-degree Bend in the whip precisely at 13 foot 6 inches and leave the static ball intact

 

So... I was thinking... what happens if you shorten the antenna by putting some Z bends in it? What does it affect?

 

I can't imagine it having very much of any effect

 

I have an extra stinger for my Wilson. I'll try it and see what it does.

In other news, here are some screenshots from my RigExpert and Wilson 2000. I understand the SWR pretty well... help me to understand the second screen. Where X=0 is the resonant frequency, correct?

 

When I cleaned the mount, I did tilted it forward some degrees just to basically keep the tip of the stinger vertical when going down the road. It's pretty sturdy and it doesn't "curl like a pigs tails" as much as one would think.

 

Here is a different screen.