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After the neighborhood was vandalized and my truck fell victum to some punks, I decided to permi-mount my high gain dual band antenna.

During the vandalism, the punks tried to remove my broadcast fm antenna; tried to rip off my rear windshield wiper assembly (its lose and needs to be re-mounted inside the hatch); they successfully removed and stole my remote start antenna; and they removed my high gain dual band antenna. Thankfully the antenna was ungodly large and they decided to just leave it lay behind my vehicle. It did sustain some damage, I think the kids decided to sword fight with it, but they still left it. Phew.

I got a base nmo mount and broke out the drill to make more holes. I had to scrape out the silicone sealant that I used to fill the existing hole before I widened it for the nmo mount… I don’t think I have a very good ground because my signal to Madison is rather scratchy from where I’m at. I also need to solder the pl-259 at the end of the coax. And before I forget, I need to return the SWR after those kids messed with the antenna.

I’m thinking of using some steel braid and making a trounding screw in one of the other silicone filled holes. A bolt, large washers, steel braid and solder.. Mmm…

Speaking of holes, my new lightbar required ALOT of holes. The mounts were rusted to hell so I ended up screwing the side mounts to the chassis and the pair of 8 gauge wire wouldn’t pinch in the door. That required a hefty hole and plenty of silicone sealant. If anyone wants to know what to get me for my birthday… A cauking gun and tubes of silicone. LoL but seriously.

What’s funny is that in downtown (and even the ghetto of) Madison, I never had trouble with anyone messing with my truck. I had to move to a town with 5 people in it in order to get vandalized. Ironic I think.