I mounted my 4/80 so the coil would clear the top and yet stay under fourteen feet from the antenna tip to the ground.
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The antenna base is built using a stainless steel plate one eighth inch thick, four inches high and seven inches long. Welded to this is a heavy piece of three inch stainless angle cut two and one half inches long. I added a one and one half inch solid copper strap to lower RF resistance.
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The stainless plate is very strong and fits in the groove between the truck body and the tail gate.
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