NMTerras
Suspension Lift
- Location
- New Mexico
Not really 18ft is ideal like you said but i was still getting a 1.5 on the meter which isnt to bad but im using a stainless antenna that has alot of adjustability in it. Another thing is the excess coax you loop in a big circle instead of a tight bundle.
Im no expert but my old mans a trucker,so is my stepdad & several family friends as well as myself. When your around something all the time you pick up things. I still want to learn how to peak/tune radios myself so i dont have to pay to get another one done.
I have a stainless antenna also, and I ended up pulling the tip and cutting off like half an inch to get it to tune right, and that was with 18' of cable (maybe it was slightly longer). But it took me forever, and lots of frustration, before I finally figured out to snip off part of the antenna to make it work