"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
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In , "Dave VanHorn"

wrote:

Seen this a lot lately on the road..

Beats me why they do that, but it's possible the reason is founded
somewhere
deep in CB mythology.

That's a subject that almost deserves a book.

The "ground plane" gadgets that extend about 3" from the base of the antenna
are pretty good, along with the "5kW" antenna I saw packaged with a mount
that had non-removeable RG-58 coax.