the big difference is:

the 102" whips are true halve wave length antennas

the fiberglass whips like i have are not

 

and there you have it.

 

well yeserday i swaped out my old ant bolt connector for a new one, and i swaped my rg-58 for rg-8x(mini 8) a slight difference was noted with the mini 8, i was able to hear farther away, though i still think my radio is partially f***ed, butim still saving for the pc78elite and after seeing bigtmans mount working fairly good, i think instead of bolting my bracket to the bumper, i think i might just use the bumper as the mount.

 

I don't know if you looked at my bumper mounted antenna on page26 but if you put a fiberglass antenna on I would put a spring on it my friend had his antenna mounted to his bumper with no spring and snapped it off at the base on the interstate

 

Yes very true. I had a fiberglass magnet mount antenna and it fell off and shattered to a million pieces on the highway.

 

ya, i agree with the fiberglass using a spring, but i dont have fiberglass, i have me a 102 =) lol.

 

i dont have springs on my fiberglass whips, they look cool bent back at 70 mph

 

Yea they do!

 

i had mine right above my pedals kinda risk tho lol and ive had both but i like the way dual whips look bent back at 80mph but while we are on 4x4 shifters i got the old skool muscle car look with a b&m t-handle shifter

 

I like seeing my 102" bent back at 80. looks like I could touch the car trying to keep up.