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Well....503 is on order. Cant wait. Like a boy waiting for the ice cream truck. Any recomendations for Dead Key on this amp? I have been reading everything from guys running stock output to down to 1watt on the 503. I was going to set at around 2 to 2-1/2 watts. Most likely will have it set...

Did you look at the 503 at all? What was your main reasons for the 203 vs the 503? price? size?

OK...so decided to make a mount by taking a piece of 1" square tubing and welding it to my hitch frame. You may have seen the towing "skirt kits" that people have when pulling trailers. Same idea. The tubing runs parallel to the bumper close up underneath and extends just enough past the bumper...

Where I got the idea from...

Forgive my my lack of knowledge. So when you run a ground wire its not the same as it being mounted to the ground? Good to know. I swear I have seen guys run whips on fiberglass caps that's sort of why I figured it would work. Boy..this RF stuff is strange. And here I was asking about...

Of like to upload a pic of the truck but apparently I need to host it somewhere...

OK......not a good idea to mount it on a flat fiberglass truck box cap? (Tonneau cover) I plan to ground the ball mount to the frame. Is that not a good idea? Only other option would be to weld an extension to my hitch out towards the end of the bumper and mount it to that. I don't want to mount...

Totally my fault for not stating that earlier instead if many posts later. I'm going to be heading into town tomorrow and plan to pick up a ball mount and mount it yo the top of my fiberglass cover. It will be a bit higher then a want it but will be my best option. I'll make sure I run a good...

I tried both. The meter on the bearcat said it was a 9.0 the analog swr meter showed colser to 6 ish..regardless they are brutal numbers.

The plan was to put a foam / plastic tube between them and keep any contact from occurring. However I'm guessing the metal panels are just reflecting the signal right back onto the antenna. Been thinking about new mount options.

Sorry..I should have been more clear. My plan is to run an amp but I just hooked it up without first and already have these swr issues. Once resolved I'll order an amp.

im guessing that being run up between 2 metal panels is a bad thing?

just did a quick calculation. Looks like roughly 1" around the antenna is in the reactive near field area. this may be my issue having it between box and cab for the first 2 feet of length

Robb - You mean take the antenna out between the truck box and cab and see performance? I guess I could but would need to ground it on something.

AS for the coax..I checked tip to tip of each end and was good. Also checked shield to shield and was good. Then checked tip to shield and was open at both ends so that was all good.

I was wondering if between the box may be a bad idea as the first 2 feet of the antenna is running up between the cab and box. My idea was that a full 1/4 wave antenna sticking 5' over the truck roof would be good....perhaps not. The truck has a fiberglass tonnaue cover so I may have to rethink...

Also...the fact that the PA is acting likevan external speaker except when the mic is pressed makes me wonder...

Lol...I tried this earlier with no change. Because no change I figured it might not work that way...

I'll head out and get a spring...may have to drop my mount to make room but not a big deal.

I was all excited as I know a full 1/4wave antenna is the way to go...but now I'm a bit deflated. It is installed to the frame of the truck using a 4 bolt style mirror mount bracket. I buffed the frame to bare metal and put electrical grease between the bracket and frame for a good long lasting...