http://www.walcottcb.com/gm2l-fender-mount-for-chevy-silverado-avalanche-and-suburban-p-1184.html

That happens to be the one for my truck but they have them for other models. I'm thinking of getting one of those quick release adapters though as I've bent the mount twice already.

> My vice-grip mount is almost instantaneous, so that's going to be hard to beat.

Yeah, it's all a compromise, and in mobile operations the compromises have greater effects on operation. The vice-grip mount is an excellent choice for instant-on operation. Because I have a van with a metal roof, I'd go for a big magmount for the Hustler and locate it more nearly in the center of the roof.

Everything depends on the individual's set up. Given a portable set up where I'm not in motion, I think I'll give the Hustler and magmount more consideration - it'll be much easier than putting the screwdriver antenna up. I've got two antenna inputs on my TS-480, so I'll see if there's a performance gain with a centrally mounted antenna.

Many thanks for the information about your rig and set up. I'm not sure I've see that model Hustler - can you ID it specifically for me? I thought they were all cut for a specific band.

Philip: That Hustler is cut for a specific band. I have the big resonators for most of the ham bands now. It's easy enough for me to jump in the pick-up bed and change resonators whenever I want. They just unscrew. That one in the picture is for 20mtrs as I recall.

Oh, and Philip, like I said in the earlier post, there's a Hustler fitting that sits on top of the mast that allows you to screw in up to 4 resonators at once if you want to band-hop without getting out of the truck. One resonator doesn't interfere with the other, according to Hustler.

Okay, I was reading and saying Hustler but thinking Hamsticks, which I believe are single-frequency antennas. Apologies for my confusion. I looked Hustler's antennas up on the Internet and read up on how they work with the resonators. Shoulda done that before I asked. :->