High powered mobil radio through a triple mag mount.

[Varmonter]

“ . . On the other hand it's hard to beleive that technology hasn't surpassed a true 1/4 wave whip since it's inception.”

Thought I’d answered that . . for highway speed.

I can’t really tell a difference when stopped.
It might on SSB DX. Parked on an open hilltop.

I swap in the 108” as a reference.

This is with a far better radio and systems than he’s using (PRESIDENT Lincoln II V.3 and DSP outboard devices plus my choice of amps).

IOW, there aren’t good reasons to any longer favor the quarter-wave for rooftop. If there was I’d run it for highway.

Almost any 7’ is going to be competitive once location is set. It gets down to range sensitivity which his radio lacks, firstly, and details with systems, secondarily likely missing on his.

The biggest change he’d see would be with the latter (non-antenna) half of things.

IMO, 150W average as max for mobile does the job. That ends that portion of things. Distortion, etc, are a real thing given 11M “quality”. And it needs help re RF Bonds, etc, to do that in any sense “clean”.

To Hear, and Get Heard. The other men have obsolete (pre-2023 radio designs) in really bad systems which are poorly-installed is how to look at it.

The goal with one's own radio rig is to overcome the deficiencies of the other mans rig such that we can communicate for the longest time/distance.

27.185 at 300-days/year at 12-14 hours/day equalling above 3,000-hours/year as a truck driver running nationwide is where I hang my hat fighting through paid agitator Skip and the rest of modern world interference.

My personal vehicle still has a ways to go, but it’s details. Tests, charts, etc. Quantify the Qualities. Get more from less.

Clarity is how the game is now played. Power is a rightly-maligned crutch from the old days. Ditch 1989 and join 2024.

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This is of one of our contributors who from May of this year to ten days ago got himself a state-of-the-art high performance radio rig into his daily work vehicle. Started from scratch. Put that bit in his teeth and wouldn’t compromise.

The on-air regulars in his area are dumbfounded at his clarity & range . . from a mobile.

2024 is nothing like 1989. Decades of “experienced opinion” of what works and why aren’t any longer worth anything if short of Amateur Radio quality installation and very latest gear which rivals or bests names like ICOM in this narrower role. And it’s not expensive.

The thread linked is a pleasure. Take the ride.

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Thanks for an interesting journey.it gives me alot to ponder about my own rig and that of a good friends..
I'm sure I'll have more questions..