Greetings all ! I stumbled upon this forum while searching for a solution to secure my Weboost Reach Overland. My kit came with the articulating bracket and hardware, except it was missing the antenna brace/ mast holder. From what I have read on other reviews, WeBoost discontinued this item in the kit because it was transmitting shocks from the road/vehicle when driving over uneven surfaces/offroad, causing the plastic housing around the antenna to break. Since I don’t have the brace, I have not encountered this problem. However, I also can’t fold the antennae flat because if I do, the antenna bulb will start knocking on the surface of my roof rack and will certain break. I live in Long Island and we have extremely low underpasses on our parkways, so the only solution that has worked for me is to keep the antennae mast locked in the 45* position but it worries me everytime I go over one of those underpasses that states the clearnce is less than 9 ft (eeks) !
So, I’d be very interested in the brace/mast holder that you have been working on. I feel that carbon fiber would be a better material to built this with, since atleast on paper it should absorb more of the vibrations than metal. Putting some additional cushioning material like silicone or rubber on the surface that the mast extension rod will rest on would make things even better and also rubber cushion mat underneath the bracket holder that secures the bracket of the brace to the metal roof rack would probably mak this full proof.
Want to hear what thoughts you all have. I know there are a bunch of folks out there with the same problem that we all have.
Here’s a YT video of somone that has been an amplifier for all of our struggles with a poorly designed product that we are are looking for solutions to.
Looking forward to your thoughts and hoping we can collectively come up with a solution to this nagging problem.
Cheers !
-Seth