What is this antenna?

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  1. May 25, 2019 #1
    Timin770

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    Bad photo because I cut the copper-colored top off and didnt have a chance to re-take. They remind me of the "copper-top battery"

    I see them everywhere so I figure they're really good or really cheap

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  3. May 25, 2019 #2
    craig_sez

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    Im thinkin it might be factory direct from trk dealer..Company volvos have the same.. .
    Even with 2 antenna on the new volvos they are lost after a few miles..
    However,doubt its the antenna itself..
     
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  4. May 25, 2019 #3
    Timin770

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    Ahhh that would explain why I see them all over the place
     
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    rabbiporkchop

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    I always thought the Volvos seemed to perform the best using the factory antennas will a stock Cobra 29.
    All the times I heard someone with a brand new truck and Factory antennas with a stock radio from freakish distances, it was always a Volvo.
    I think the body being made out of steel might have had something to do with it.
     
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    craig_sez

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    Well i tried to talk after a few miles with a few of ours and got nothin..
     
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    Rideandrepair

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    I’ve heard a lot of Drivers with Volvo’s say they have to run a ground to frame. Or use a bolt on mirror mount style to get a good ground.
     
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  10. May 26, 2019 #8
    Slowmover1

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    RAAMI factory install
     
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    craig_sez

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    A so called ground from bracket to chassie does "NOTHING"...This just tells me that they dont know the diff between dc ground vs rf ground..
     
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  12. May 26, 2019 #10
    Timin770

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    Thanks. I'm out here on the road today and I see 'em on lotsa Volvos

    When I first started noticing them I thought it was the latest truck stop bargain lol
     
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