If you'll look on page 21 of this thread you can see what I did to stabilize the SkipShooter. It's a piece of Lexan you can get at any glass installers. I slip seated so I needed something quick and easy. It worked great. Kept the antenna away from the cab. The closer the antenna is to the cab, the higher the SWR is; another reason to tilt it forward some. Just remember, when you are sitting still and have a big tilt, your signal will suffer. If you were going to be sitting and talking, you could use some fishing line and pull the antenna back and tie it off to your mirror to stand it up straighter. The antenna could be right up next to the mirror and it did not effect the SWR. volvo244t ran a 102" on his truck mounted the same way. I ran across him one day and checked it out. Seems like he may have had a piece of pvc pipe, 2ft or so, slipped over the antenna. He didn't use a spring. He used a Wilson 2000 Trucker antenna riser to gain the 8". If memory serves me correctly, you would need two. The 2" inch riser and a 6" riser, or cut and re-thread the 10" riser. (the ball mount and spring is the designed way to gain the 8" but not practical on a truck mirror mount setup.)
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