[pknowles]

I want to get a CB antenna for my trip to Nationals this year. Right now I have a hand held CB with a 6" antenna mounted on the CB. I'm going to keep the hand held because from what I have read there is little performance difference between a hand held and a professional radio, other then tunability. The performance is in the antenna. I'm thinking about getting a magnetic mounted antenna that I can put on the roof of the truck.

Questions:
1. What have you guys used and what to you recommend?
2. I know a longer antenna should perform better then a short one for CB freqancies, but how tall can I go? My truck roof is about 6 feet 2" high off the ground.

I'm willing to spend $50 if I can get something good. If it makes a big difference in performance I can go a little more.

[pknowles]

What should I expect from different antennas? Will a name brand CB antenna perform a lot better then a $35 radio shack one. If I go cheap, I'm thinking about the Radio Shack 21-994. I know the longer the better, but I have no idea what is a "good" antenna is vs an "ok" antenna.