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I just drilled a hole in the hood of my JK and added an NMO mount. I'm using a simple 1/4 wave antenna. I've been using farm/ sheepherder's/ high lift (Hi-Lift is a brand name; lots of other companies have made them) jacks for at least 40 years. It is a true multi-tool; a jack of all trades even (couldn't resist!) Those exhaust jacks are nothing new either. They are a great invention, but the farm jack can do a lot of things an exhaust jack cannot. I like your Chevy truck, Marc. I have the military version of that. They came with a 6.2 diesel, TH400, full floater 14 bolt rear with Detroit Locker, Dana 60 front, 4.56 gears. All as standard equipment.

Thanks! That looks like what I plan to do! I got springs for mine though, so I should be ok. I have a midland 1/2 wave and a Tram tri bander that I can sub out if things get really bad. psst... i don’t use a hi-lift. Im a huge proponent of the x-jack! https://www.arb.com.au/recovery/x-jack/

Comet mount and antenna for daily use. http://fiveguysracing.com/marc/HAM-GMRS/Comet_Mount_And_Antenna_1.jpg http://fiveguysracing.com/marc/HAM-GMRS/Comet_Mount_And_Antenna_2.jpg http://fiveguysracing.com/marc/HAM-GMRS/Comet_Mount_under_hood.jpg Comet mount with Tram antenna for offroad use (so I don't break the other antenna). http://fiveguysracing.com/marc/HAM-GMRS/Comet_Mount_And_Tram_Antenna_.jpg

I use an l bracket in the hood channel of my Jeep XJ. My goto is typically a Commet SSB5 which is 1/2 wave on 2m and 2x 5/8 on 70cm. SWR across the board for HAM and GMRS is sub 1.7 MURS is 2.1 or so. Ive got a commet SS680 thats a little shorter that i get similar performance out of If i know im going to be running nothing but UHF for doing something like a trail ride Ill switch my my cheap little Tram 1181. Its sub 1.8 on 70cm and GMRS even on the fender. Does about 2.0 on 2m and a little more on MURS. Next time i have my headliner out i think I'm going to punch the roof for a NMO up top but the performance on the fender with these antennas has been very satisfactory for my uses. Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk