Cascadia Antenna Solutions

Hey guys, I've got a cascadia & I'm planning on putting mirror mounts on both sides & running dual 5 ft tunable firestick antennas. With them angled forward a little I believe there will be enough antenna in front of the cab to work fine. I've got everything for this set up & I'll be running an older connex 3300 when I get the finals replaced in it. You all think this set up will work alright?

 

From reading Firesticks website it says that co-phased antenna setup is recomended for fiberglass vehicles and those lacking sufficient reflective ground plane, so based on that information in theory it should work good. I know in the past there have been some members here that tried dual antennas vs single on the Cascadias and really didnt notice much improvement but its worth a try if you dont mind spending twice the money. When I was in a Cascadia I had a Single Siro Twin Log 5' antenna on drivers side and would average 10 miles transmit and receive with standard 4 watt radio.

 

Keep in mind also that with co-phased set up your radiation pattern will be more directional towards front and back of vehicle instead of radiating 360 degrees like a single antenna does. I am currently in a '18 KWT680 and the stock antenna setup is co-phased and I have noticed the incoming signals will vary from strong to weak on curvy roads like I 24 east in Tn between Manchester and Choo Choo, but otherwise they work pretty good, low swr and good transmit and receive. It is recomended to have antennas 9' apart so the truck is 8'6" so I would put the mounts on the bracket out as far as you can so that should be 3" on each side which will be a total of 9'.

 

Yeah co-phase has a better signal front to back than it does 360° but I don't think I'll ever notice it unless I'm on I-24.

 

Well it took 2years but the mount failed. Tried simplifying the design to help new bracket last longer but antenna wouldn't tune. Cleaned up corrosion and reinstalled tuned right in with new mount.

 

Keep me in mind when you decide to part with it.

 

Where did you purchase your bracket?

 

Didn't he have it made up by a friend of his?

 

You get a hot rod when you dont wrapp it b4 you tap it..