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Yesterday afternoon I took my FJ to Avenue TV & Communications in Ventura (shameless plug here - if you live near Ventura, this guy knows CB radios....). Owner Bill took a look at my setup, checked all the connections, mounting, etc., and hooked it up to an SWR meter on steroids (way more dials and switches than the $14 job I bought). He checked things out, determined my antenna was actually good, but I needed a better ground. When he looked at the Bandi mount and noticed the nylon lock nut, he asked me to torque the nut down more (with the tight clearances, proximity to the paint and my new vehicle, he wanted no part of that operation!). I torqued the nut - alot - and he rechecked everything. With a couple tweaks to the Firstik, everything came into tolernace, and I'm good to go. Bill said that the nylon insert in the locknut can cause problems because if you don't torque it enough to get metal to metal contact between the nut and the bolt, then your ground is not sufficient. He said if I have trouble after a while because of movement or vibrations, he recommends I drill and tap a small hole in the Bandi mount and insert a small set screw to assure a better ground. (I'll save that for later, if I need it) Bottom line - $12.50 and about a half-hour of Bill's time and I can keep my 3' antenna (and get it into the garage). He di radio checks with us as we drove away from the shop (all the way onto the freeway - maybe four or five miles), and things are working perfectly.