I'm going to be adding a radio to a work truck, and because of the ladder rack, a roof mount won't work with the way the rack gets constantly loaded. I was thinking about doing a mount on the outside of the rack. I'm a little concerned about the lack of a good ground plane in that particular spot. I'm trying to keep the antenna as high as possible, without the possibility of signal being blocked by the cab or anything loaded up on top of the rack. At the same time, a 1/2 wave will be too tall. Would either the Tram or Midland antenna be better for this specific install, being that I do need it to be as low profile as possible, or am I better off looking for other options?
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I'm going to be adding a radio to a work truck, and because of the ladder rack, a roof mount won't work with the way the rack gets constantly loaded. I was thinking about doing a mount on the outside of the rack. I'm a little concerned about the lack of a good ground plane in that particular spot. I'm trying to keep the antenna as high as possible, without the possibility of signal being blocked by the cab or anything loaded up on top of the rack. At the same time, a 1/2 wave will be too tall. Would either the Tram or Midland antenna be better for this specific install, being that I do need it to be as low profile as possible, or am I better off looking for other options?
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