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I am using my side kick on my base station IC-706MKIIG. I also use it in my RV. I works great.
I have the same radio in my P/U, but I use the AH-4 tuner. I like the side kick set up.
In mho it really depends on conditions of the bands as to which antenna set up works better.
The reason I say that is I talked to a man in SD. I'm in CA. When I was in my P/U. Got good reports from him. I talked to him at 1200hrs. PDT, I also talked to him on my base station. Got not as good reports. I talked to him at 1245hrs. PDT, the same day.

I talked to this same station yesterday, at the same basic time 1300hrs. PDT and could hardly pull him out . He claims that he is using the same High Sierra Antenna I use. except his is mounted on a pipe 12ft. above the ground. My side kick is mounted on the tripod from High Sierra and sits on a wooden balcony