Setting different angles for antennas

If it works for your other guys why not try it?

 

I try to keep mine perfectly vertical.
On some trucks that isn't always possible.

 

Ive run plenty of goat paths in east ky, wv, and western va, pullin a dump with a wilson 2k set vertical. The antenna can take a beating, you may have to straighten the whip from time to time, but the weak point is the mount and stud..dont skimp on those.
Ive seen alot of guys angle their antenna forward, but my thinkin is, if the antenna does get caught in trees, low bridge etc, with a forward angle, its going to pull the antenna harder, for a longer amount of time, until you clear the obsticle, so I dont recommend it. That said, I have angled them back, in extreme circumstances, but I didnt see a noticable difference in performance.

As for swr, its possible it can be affected..it may not be...it just depends. Mounting location, amount of angle, the truck itself..alot of variables affect antenna systems. Like rabbi said, you really just have to try and see.

 

Angling antenna's is stupid imo unless you have no choice as when you transmit your power comes off your coil 360 degrees,so when your antenna is angled now its transmitting into the ground and up in the sky instead of straight out which will affect how far you can get out always best to keep it as vertical as possible.

 

It's all going to depend on the individual installation, but if it was me, I'd pick up a spare stinger and put a 45-degree bend to the rear in a few inches above where it comes out of the coil. As someone else said, a forward angle will likely increase you problems rather than solve them.

 

Had this one for decades