2017+ Cascadia Evolution Antenna Mount

Your communicating distances are what I'm used to in the small-hills and flat-lands terrain. They are a fraction of what guys like Rabbiporkchop are regularly reporting in other threads when they communicate with each other in certain areas of the northeast mountains. I think the line-of-sight enhancements make a big difference.

I, too find myself using the preamp on a little Italy RM 203P. It adds some significant volume to weak incoming signals when I have the RF receive knob on max and use the squelch to control background noise.

Keep us posted in your quest to find the best set-up for your rig and how the mods perform.

 

Dx engineering have 2 discontinued analyzers on sale..Rig expert aa30 and aa54...$200 for the 30 and $250 or $ 275 for the as54....Great tool, i just sold my 30 and grabbin my aa55 zoom tomorrow....Analyzers are worh the $$

 

Just a little tidbit I highly suspect could cause an issue. I'm betting the hidden antenna will cause your SWR to be high. The factory antenna on the side of the sleeper (driver's side, which was the CB ant. in our Cascadias) made my SWR higher if I didn't take it off. The one on the passenger side didn't bother it. FWIW

 

Slow mover....Notice the diff,look at all that loss and reflected into your radio....Yes resonance is a good plan but where is the resistance....Your ant god has skipped a step..

 

I thought it was up top of the sleeper..ffs freightliner cant even do a decient effed up antenna system..Makes to much sence to have any sort of antenna up high..

 

23 feet per side would put you in the ballpark if you're using lmr240

 

23 ft to go to the door mirror from cab?
Im doin it with 15'4" with extra room..