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Sonny
Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 77
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 2:32 pm: | 
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I plan on putting a 102" whip on my Dodge Quad cab bumper but can not find any, Anybody know if they are still made. |
Coyote
Advanced Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 585
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 3:33 pm: |
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Sonny, yeah, they are still made. Not sure where you can get one right off hand. I know of a CB shop in Nashville, TN that sells them, thats where I got mine. If you know of any radio shops in your area, check there.
Try a google search, I'm sure you can find one somewhere on the net.
CEF-443
Middle TN Coyote |
Dx431
Senior Member
Username: Dx431
Post Number: 1125
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 3:58 pm: |
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Check with Radio Shack. They ussually have them in the back or they can order them for ya. If not, let me know, I can get ya one.
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Brewdirect
Intermediate Member
Username: Brewdirect
Post Number: 177
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 4:42 pm: |
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Radio Shack...about 16.99 I believe.
They won't know they have them so look up the #on the website first. |
Al_lafon
Intermediate Member
Username: Al_lafon
Post Number: 115
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 5:39 pm: |
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Yes got my last one at radioshack. PS. make sure
you print out your item as i got the nitwit last
time in. Also you can pick up the ballmount and
spring if you need them. |
Road_warrior
Advanced Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 972
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 9:21 pm: |
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RAD Shack should have them./They do here in PA./
JIM/PA/CEF 375 |
Kid_vicious
Advanced Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 878
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 11:31 pm: |
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they will be in the back room at Rad Shak. the clerk will tell you they dont carry them anymore. they have no idea that they have them in the back room.
be nice, or they'll find it and still tell you they dont have it. |
Dmh
Junior Member
Username: Dmh
Post Number: 12
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 4:19 pm: |
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Hey any of you guys have any experience mounting a 102" on a diesel rig?? I am looking for some ideas ?? |
Im4jc
Member
Username: Im4jc
Post Number: 76
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:48 pm: |
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Dmh:
I saw one last week on a Wal-Mart International diesel car. Couldn't believe my eyes. He had a piece of 1" x 1/4" steel about, oh, say 12" - 18" long (whatever you need to make the tip be at 13' 6" for the good ol' D.O.T.) that extended the mount point that far below the mirror bracket. It was bent at an angle at the top and bottom for mounting purposes. (say, about 1" from the end on either end) Then, to control the whip in the wind, he had two standoffs with a rubber eye-grommet at the end to hold the whip from touching the bottom and the top of the mirror brackets. I.e: a grommet at the bottom mirror bracket and a grommet at the top bracket. This was sufficient to steady the rest of the whip that protruded from the top grommet to the tip at the 13'6" point.
Very cool. I had to slow down when I passed him in my Kenworth W900 and get a double-take of the install.
I believe I will try it too  |
Dmh
Junior Member
Username: Dmh
Post Number: 13
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 6:14 am: |
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I would like to see what that looks like if anyone has a pic. I am definitely interested in giving the steel a try on the old diesel car !! |
Slugo4449
Member
Username: Slugo4449
Post Number: 64
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 12:28 pm: |
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I would think that you would be disapointed in a 102 inch stainless steal whip on an 18 wheeler. Too much fiberglass and then there is no adjustment on a 102 inch whip. You might be only able to resonate below channel one.
The height of it is also a problem. If you are just hauling a box the height restriction is 13'6". I drove a car carrier for over 20 years and the limit on that is 14'. I always hit something with the antenna at that height.
Marty
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Im4jc
Member
Username: Im4jc
Post Number: 79
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 1:58 pm: |
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Nah, I have the top of my Wison 2000 right at 13" 6", and don't have a problem, and I run 48 states. Also, a 102" whip is far more broadbanded than a coil antenna is. Just a note: car carriers are limited to 13' 6" east of the Mississippi River just like everyone else is, unless you run an overheight permit. |
Slugo4449
Member
Username: Slugo4449
Post Number: 66
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 8:56 pm: |
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13'6"
I think it has to do with whether or not you are driving on a federally funded highway. |
Kmt36264
New member
Username: Kmt36264
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 1:44 am: |
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On the big rig, find a spot behind the sleeper that is grounded and about 5 feet above ground, like on a headache rack or muffler support. You may need to make a bracket to get near the right spot. Take a rubber tarp strap and remove the hooks. Use this to secure the whip about half way up, near the top most part of the cab or sleeper. Put the whip right through the hole in one end ot the strap and anchor the other end.
I have heard of drivers mounting the 102 right on the frame behind the cab with very good results but then the overall height is only around 11'. |
Dmh
Junior Member
Username: Dmh
Post Number: 17
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:56 am: |
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THanks kmt you win the prize I appreciate the tip to mount the whip. Do you use one & have you been happy with it?? |
