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The Central Virginian Thread

Discussion in 'Virginia' started by Ccwahoo, Feb 5, 2012.

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  1. Feb 28, 2013 at 5:29 AM
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    or you can do what I did, if there's enough of a gap between your tailgate, I made a mount from 1/8 flatbar that comes out from there, so with a 5' firestick I ended up with 2-1/2 ft. above the roofline. It's an option for you.
     
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  2. Feb 28, 2013 at 5:32 AM
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    That works too. Or you can drill in the roof :eek:
     
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  3. Feb 28, 2013 at 5:48 AM
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    LOL.... yeah, that was my reaction about that whole thing exactly :eek::eek::eek:... however, I've tried and tried and tried to get a decent ground with this Firestik and I'm about to just drill a hole in the damn roof, I just hate the look and not being able to remove it conveniently whenever I might need to.
     
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  4. Feb 28, 2013 at 5:54 AM
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    No need to mess with it after that and the Wilson's are suppose to be real good. Linwood and Jandrews appear to like theirs
     
    FrustrationFabTaco, Feb 28, 2013
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  5. Feb 28, 2013 at 5:57 AM
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    I'm running an NGP firestik mounted on my bed. Seems to work fine.
     
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  6. Feb 28, 2013 at 5:59 AM
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    Wilson definitely has the best rated antenna, and a majority of the truckers use them. My thing is, we occasionally go to events downtown which involves going in a parking garage, and my wife parks in a garage at work and sometimes uses the truck when her car gets serviced, those are times I would not want a roof antenna. If I lived more rural, it would probably never be a problem. I'm not sure how other guys living in the city deal with it.
     
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  7. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:03 AM
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    Isn't it retractable? It looks that way from pictures http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003O430CY
     
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  8. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:10 AM
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  10. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:14 AM
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    ive got a extra cobra 23 thats perfect size for our trucks and is pretty decent out in the woods. i could let it go for cheap
     
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  11. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:18 AM
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    Lol, what you see in the photo is the bottom part of the antenna coming right out of the magnet, it's just not showing you the whole antenna.
     
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  12. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:21 AM
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    Correct... the part on the base screws off
     
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  13. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:30 AM
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    That fat part just below the whip doesn't disconnect from the whip though does it ? I thought that was all one piece. Can't imagine it transmitting much without the whip, but maybe it does :notsure:

    Here's a good pic
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  14. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:48 AM
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    That's not a 1000 or 5000
     
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  16. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:51 AM
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    Oh, ok... I'm getting confused on models then, I thought the 1000 was referred to as the Lil Wil
     
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  17. Feb 28, 2013 at 6:52 AM
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    Dam what the hell happened? The cab still looks to be intact,and for-sure hope nobody was hurt.
     
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  19. Feb 28, 2013 at 7:05 AM
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    LOL... sorry Matt

    Well, I hate to draw conclusions without too many facts, but it was a single car accident and damage like that doesn't occur much under 75mph
     
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  20. Feb 28, 2013 at 7:10 AM
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    I have the magnetic mount wilson 1000 and I can take a pic and show you how it looks with the whip detached.
     
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