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I'm running a galaxy 44v in a 05 freightliner columbia day cab. When i first took the job i just hooked up to the factory coax and some old antennas that were already on the truck just to get by for awhile....it wasn't long and the radio developed a bad squeal. I went an bought a wilson 2000 and wanted to bypass all of the factory coax,mounts,etc...i mounted the wilson above the back window on the grab rail. then ran a 4 gauge ground strap from the mount to the muffler bracket that runs to the frame of the truck....still squeals.swr's were at 3.5 or 4 on channels 1 , 20, and 40 so we started snippin the whip about a 1/4 inch at a time. after taking about 1 1/2 inches off the swr's are down to about 3. we stopped there because it didn't seem like we were gaining much and didn't want to take to much off. took the radio out of the truck put it in a different truck (same yr make and model) hooked up to the factory coax w/2 francis antennas....radio worked fine, I'm up for suggestions!!!!!!
 
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Sounds like a ground plane issue w/ your antenna...possibly the Wilson 2k doesn't match impedance with location and ground strap you installed...Radio check out fine so only thing left would be the coax, antenna (which is new), and the grounding location for the antenna...remember that mobile antenna's are just half the antenna...the ground plane provided by the vehicle acts as the other end (reflective side). Wilson 2000's are designed to be used on truckers side mirrors...never tried to mount one anywhere else. Another question is are you using anything else inline with the antenna (linear maybe)...what ever it is, it's coming after the radio...my best guess is the grounding strap and location of the antenna. Pics would help too if you have any...
 
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