I've done it, Not too bad at all. I have done both 1/4 wave as well as a 5/8 wave VHF mounted on hood/fender clamp on, picking up all the way into the 800's with very unexpected results on my vehicle. I have not done base ops with it though. When I say very good, I mean like picking up 700/800 trunked systems at least 30 miles away with approx same heights, some hills, no mountains. The 5/8 wave does the better though, and 1/4 wave was only good for maybe 20-25 miles. And this was fed into a Pro-96.