Nope all that flat bar lookin stuff i think will play a big roll on the angle of the antenna position.. It will act like the wing of an airplane to bite into the wind on a positive or negitive cause a ton of strain.... Im in a volvo useing all factory supply stuff at the moment,just awaiting my time to get outta this #### think and into what i like..This aint it.. Antenna is also one piece and likely heavy and to short for a low mirror mount..I think thats better suited on a van or classic body style truck..
I'm sure you are correct. Just looking at the website, I noticed that they don't give the antennas weight. So I'm sure it would take a hefty amount to hold it. I don't remember if the video mentioned the weight or not. Too bad, if a guy could come up with the perfect 11 meter antennas for trucks, that person probably wouldn't be able to keep up with the orders.
It could i think....How it could might be cause its a more stable antenna when on the move..As we both know the skipper and 102 will flex a good bit in the wind compared to that antenna...With flexing/bending the antennas tune changes some added with whats under the antenna as truck moves... This is just a guess,i dont have any real fact to back this up other than the lil piece of matter between my ears AFTER i pull some wax out..lol...
Me personally, I would stick with what you have. I have pretty much the same setup I’ve been using since the late 80s/90s and it still works great!!!
You bring up a good point. I had my 7ft Skipper supported off the mirror. It was ugly but effective although I never did any comparisons with anything else. The support kept it from flopping around. The SWR would go up the closer the antenna got to the body of the truck but wouldn't change when it got close to the mirror. (keep in mind I slip-seated every week so my set-up had to be quick-change)
That's a good starter and not very technical. The list of good antenna related books is endless.Some show how to make antennas, some give math, and some will make one understand why certain ideas don't work well. Amazon has been my friend for finding and buying books, and sometimes you can see an old title there, and find it scanned online somewhere. A good place to look online is worldradiohistory.com Try this url and there's a menu opn the left for all the old radio books https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Home-Book.htm This is a good basic book: Truth About CB Antennas https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Antennas-William-Orr/dp/0933616082 Most all other antenna-related books by all authors cover all kinds of antennas, vertical, mobile, long-wire, etc. But in the old books 11 meters was a ham band. Selfishness and greed over that one usually ####ty band is why hams hate CBers to this very day. But never mind it and look up the 11 meter specs for those antennas. ==================== The anti-hater books: There is the "Antenna Manual" and "Antenna Handbook", by the publisher of 'Radio Magazine', 'Editors and Engineers', this is where the so-called West-coast "Radio Handbook" came from. - Anyway get at least the 1948 version of "Antenna Manual" because it's about 1" thick and the earlier ones were more like 1/4" thick. This book contains what you need to know up to 1948. Yu can find editions here: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Radio_Magazine_Guide.htm About that "Radio Handbook" - each one has a chapter on HF antennas .. These are not ARRL products, but again published by 'Editors and Engineers', and authored by Frank C Jones and later William Orr. Completely without any anti-CB sermons. In the older volumes you will find antennas for 11 meters. And linears too (but not any you would want to take mobile unless you are like me and subject to excess). All these can be found here: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf-Handbooks.htm They are a little mixed in with similar ttiles on that page, but look exactly for the text description [ "Radio Magazine" Handbook ]. ==================== More stuff that is on that site: There are ARRL antenna books.. as stated they have many kinds of antennas and none are specifically 11M. Nothing good is free. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf_ARRL.htm Also, don't overlook "The Mobile Manual For Amateur radio" - for whip loading and tuning methods if you care. then1955 one is there with the above arrl stuff. ==================== not CB but.. "HF Antennas for all locations" by Les Moxon "Antennas" by Kraus. The ist and maybe 2nd edition may be obnline somewhere, I recall seeing the title. (advanced) "CQ Antenna Roundup" CQ Magazine ==================== Hope this helps.
