https://midlandusa.com/product/micromobile-mxta16-toyota-tacoma-bracket-mount/

Here are pics of my F350 and Explorer installs. They both work great. I did have a mag mount on p/u for several years but had a tree branch blow it off the top of my truck and destroy

I have my my V/u antenna mounted in the same place, hood next to A-pillar. Note that if you have a 2015 or newer F-150 you must look for an aluminum bar with isolation washer and special stainless

I have also had pretty good luck with front fender/hood mounted antennas. I did some experimentation on a Chrysler minivan I had many years ago with two different mounts on the drivers side.

I use a hood mount designed for my Ram, and it works just fine. I can hit the repeater from Skagit and Lewis counties. They make a hood mount for your truck too.

My antenna is mounted like the one in the picture. On hood drivers side. The difficulty is getting coax through fire wall unless you have a pass through hole already there. -- Thanks, Rowland

Well, I'm finally getting ready to put a mobile rig into my truck. I am pretty sure I've settled on a Kenwood TM-V71A. I'd love to get your opinions and any pics you want to share about antenna

I would say it depends. If it’s a single band antenna I say tune the antenna for best match across the band or at the frequency of concern, and if the SWR is still too high at the point of

Tuner provides multiple band use.

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I was watching an interesting show this morning on asteroids and close approaches to the earth. During this presentation they referred to a NASA website that has lots of information on this subject.

For those of you Hams out there with your Tech and General licenses that have thought about getting your Extra license (like me). The new question pool for the Extra exam starting on July 1 will be 91

We have moved the monthly meetings to Zoom. The login information for the May 7th meeting is: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91850524747?pwd=OCsyaFdWU2ZxWFhUenZhRklEbkVtUT09 Meeting ID: 918

We moved down to 7160 for that reason. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

I would try more civilized part of the band. Splatter from 7.255 Ken

ok, give me a few minutes to get this thing configured for voice… -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Yes, please. I'm at 7.250

40m, sure. Voice? -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

I'm 80 to 10. 40 meters?

My station is currently configured to do digital modes (psk, ft8 etc.) so if you want to try SSB phone I’ll need to switch some cables around. I can do pretty much any band 80-6m. Pick your