4x4 Icon - Antenna Storage Tube

I am happy to have a "real" CB installed and like the greatly improved performance that a 4-foot antenna provides. But I'm finding reasons why the antenna won't spend every minute on top of the Jeep... parking garage (clearance 6 feet 3 inches); drive-through window (clearance 8 feet 8 inches); drive-up teller (9 feet 9 inches), and so on. With the 4-foot antenna, the Jeep brushes ten feet... I will have to leave the 4-foot antenna stashed somewhere except for when I am on the open road or on the trail. At first I thought I would just lash it to the Sport Bar but then I got to thinking....
	I can't remember where I saw this - it is not an original idea, as best I can recall. I do see electricians and other construction tradesmen with PVC tubes on overhead racks all the time. So I decided that this would be a good place to store a CB antenna.
I went to the home store and located some black PVC tubing. I got one 5-foot long, 1-inch diameter tube, a couple fittings to close one end permanently and to make the other end so that it could be opened and closed on demand.
	I picked up some more stainless-steel U-Bolts for mounting the finished storage container to the rack.
I chose the 1-inch size since I am planning on getting another antenna, probably 2-feet long, that I can use "around town". I chose the 5-foot tube because it is long enough to hold the 4-foot antenna with room to spare for the spring or perhaps other things. I padded the closed end with some foam so that the antenna does not go too far in, and so it won't rattle around
	I found a brass fitting at home that fits the antenna threads perfectly, so I glued it to the cover of the storage tube so that I can thread the antenna onto it, trapping the lock-washer that I use, and thereby securing it to the storage case. This makes it easy to pull out when it's time to install it, and gives me a place to keep the lock washer.