Top loaded antennas for Cascadia

Do you know what the name of the thread is? Maybe it wouldn’t help me, but I have a mount above my passenger door where the little mirror used to be and every time I key up the red ant light comes on. Trying to figure out what to do.

 

Cascadia Antenna Solutions
I think my pictures are on about page 5 or 6. I tried about every antenna you could and the 7ft SkipShooter won the competition. It did flop around a lot, so I made a brace for it. The brace had no effect on the antenna. I drove a different truck every week. The setup you'll see there worked the same on all of them. I still got the mount, but I don't think it will fit the 2018s and up. I'd give it to somebody that could use it.

 

I have been running one antenna, driver's side, for many years with success. Now, back in the day older trucks were much more forgiving installing antenna systems. Today's trucks can be a bear to get them right! Adding another antenna into the mix is liable to take the fun out of it for very little noticeable gain in performance. The added risk to your antenna system with a passenger side antenna getting wacked by roadside trees just isn't worth it in my book.

JD

 

Duels is more work for the small amount if any gain...For the gain you do get is mostly foward and behind...With single ant your more of a full circle rf pattern..Mind you there will be some deflect cause of your cab or trailer blocking some signal..

 

Running dual antenna can increase the symmetry of your transmission pattern but it significantly increases the complexity of tuning with very little gain in real performance. As already mentioned it also means using the proper impedance for each cable and making sure you match cable length for left and right.
And do not coil extra cable. That will create additional RF issues and interference.