I surely appreciate the nice comments on my support/mount for the C/B antenna on our '04 Itasca. Whether or not any one "still" uses a C/B or not or, it's stored in the attic or basement or is a paper weight is not really relevant here. Those of us that still use them, however slightly, still need and want it to work, if and when we need it. There may be a few newer alternatives to them but, they're cheap and still work.
The fact is that my antenna mount was junk. I've observed other Itascas of the same era and, it appears that many are still solid and, are working fine. Who knows what the bone heads had the coach before us did. Maybe the factory C/B antenna fell off in travel and, that loosened the mount which, made things worse. In any case, based on what I had to work with, the style of support for it was the best I could come up with. The radio works 'cause we're presently on a trip here in AZ and, traveling with friends and, we've talked back and forth several times on the freeway.
I've used HAM radios which, are seriously better then C/Bs but, trying to get all fellow travelers that we do things with to get a license and even a small, hand held HAM radio is pretty tough. Anyway, again, thanks for the nice comments on my mount/support.
Scott
