When ordering, I also purchased a KS-400 mount for my mobile installation. I read the various reviews here and decided to try the antenna due to the mixed responses. I have run this on a tri-mag on the roof of the Vue with mixed results, probably because of the lack of proper grounding at the antenna. I work search and rescue and Emmcomm, nearly all on 70/2 so I need the backup antenna. I also have a dual band 70/2 on the other side of the back deck which is the preferred antenna for really tough 70/2 operation - but it is not fair to compare a really great 2 band to any quad band. I have places in my regular route that I lost certain repeaters in the Vue that are there in the Escape with the higher mount. I am now on a Ford Escape where it can mount very high and it does work better there. I have it on a K400 Mount, was on a Saturn Vue - the mount would only fit on the read deck and then very low but it performed well. The CR8900A is a good quad band, no complaints, and I was able to get very good SWR's on 70/2/6 and a decent on 10 which very rarely use. (This is not the place to bash it or even mention it.) I purchased this when another quad bander I had developed an early life failure.
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