I bought this today. I really think I have no clue what beast I let out of its cage with this antenna. I'm new to CB also, occasionally used them over the years. I was sceptical spending 110 bucks on this thing but so far it's worth it. Gonna install it the next few days
How did the Predator work out for you? I’ve been running a 10k SW for a couple years with good results. I ordered a Bad to the bone competition plus antenna that should be here this weekend, we’ll see how it does.
matt k I have talked only locally with it. So can't give any skip reports. I will try it on SSB also for DX. I noticed this antenna is much quieter against the air when the vehicle is traveling fast. The Ripster is noisy over 40 MPH.
fatboy antennas are meh! i bought 2 r5 antennas (pretty spendy $$$) and they look cool but man, its sooo heavy, its suuuuper loud when driving and the build quality is not that great. as you can see from your experience. to bad because i really wanted to like them. p10k all the way! they tune up a hell of alot better too.