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Looking for advice on antennas on a semi truck

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Additional details in S/NR can be applied after a time as one chases the seriously lowered — but now obvious — “noise” generated by the truck and from sources outside.

One wasn’t aware of how much noise was always present in mobile until NRC stripped it off of voice. DRX-901 leveraged every improvement.

Here’s where one can start to make AM-19 sound closer to VHF in daily use.

Fatigue busted.

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It’s at this point that maximum antenna height becomes its own end as both fatigue reduction and that the radio isn’t at it limit is operable.

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It’s not ever “done” on a big truck with the exception of the one or two all-metal cab models.
 
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