... BTW the RF does not really bounce off the metal body of the truck.
OMG!!!!!
Really? Where do they do this?Yeah, thats why many commercial AM BC towers have all those junk cars parked below the antenna.
Any metal will work but, junk cars are cheap and the "park" well.
As long as the ground is properly made it will have no effect.This may be a silly question but If a 102" whip was mounted in the bed of a pickup truck. Would it matter if there is a rubber mat covering the pickup bed floor? I have always heard signal bounces off metal so would it do better with mat removed?
Yeah, thats why many commercial AM BC towers have all those junk cars parked below the antenna.
Any metal will work but, junk cars are cheap and the "park" well.