Antenna question

You going to run a co-phased setup like the factory setup or just single on driver side? I have already removed the two plates and scraped off powder coat on the under side, seems to help with tx and rx, did increase static / white noise, dont know if thats a positive or not ,currently running two 4.5 ' francis antennas with factory mounts, seems to work ok, 5 to 7 mile average with Mckinley or 980. The strange thing is , I have been in a 2018, 2019, and now 2020 T680 ,and each one the cb performed diferently, so much for consistancy.

 

81 inches puts you right at 13'6".....

 

Hope you get less static/ white noise than what I experience with stock BS, have to set RF gain level on 2 ( 980) just to make it bearable, cant even use the Mckinley, way to much static, lower RF gain too much and you lose receive.

 

Also with this new 2020 T680 radio is picking up rolling static from steer tires, 2018 and 2019 didnt have that issue, and I havnt had that issue since a 2015 Volvo I drove, it is worse on concrete highways, and less on asphalt ( newer the better) and disapears when you apply the brakes or surface is wet, the only remedy in the volvo was to use my Cobra 148 gtl but it wont fit in this truck, and all these newer radios with surface mount technology seem to have very sensitive receives and pick up alot more crap.

 

you could try putting some graphite in the front hub oil. like the tubes of graphite used to lube lock cylinders, just pump a small tube in each hub.

 

Ohh, that reminds me of people hanging rubber "broken" bungee straps from their steps. they just feed the broken end through a hole in a step so it drags on the ground. A good opportunity to test if a piece of rubber will actually dissipate static...

 

I remember reading that as a remedy when I drove the Volvo, never tried it though, just kept 148 inline.

 

I guess I thought the straps had to at least contain some type of metal or metallic particles to be effective.