I know you lose some transmission and reception distance with the shorter antenna, but I wasn’t worried about that since my intent was only to use on the trail with other vehicles and it works great for that.
Here are a few pics of my President CB setup. I used a mount that I bought from Quadratec and a shorter Firestik antenna so it doesn’t rub driving into the garage. I am going to leave it as is and will probably just pick up a GMRS handheld for times when it may be needed.
Quick trip with the wife to Bridgeport and Twin Lakes California. Just under 2 hours from our driveway in Reno, NV. The price of gas was a bit of a shocker!