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Old 08-16-2014, 02:54 PM   #12
Mr. Ham
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You have your antenna mounted too low on the vehicle..

The maximum amount of current is at the base of the antenna and the tip of the antenna has the least.
When you mount the antenna low - most of the signal ends up underneath the vehicle.

A better suggestion would have been to mount the antenna in the middle of the roof and build a tip up antenna mount. Drive to where you are going and then tip it up and operate...

Even if it was at the rear of the vehicle and high - it would talk several times better then where you have it.
I'm surprised that you aren't complaining about a high SWR ...
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