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 Aug 23 2006, 02:11 PM
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Experienced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,427 Joined: 12-February 04 From: Huntingtown, MD Member No.: 193  |
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. |
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Aug 23 2006, 04:32 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,427 Joined: 12-February 04 From: Huntingtown, MD Member No.: 193 |
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.
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pknowles CB antenna Aug 23 2006, 02:11 PM
John_D. Both of my handhelds came with short magnetic moun... Aug 23 2006, 02:25 PM BigEnos I have a through-glass (think 80's car phone) ... Aug 23 2006, 04:58 PM trackbird Longer isn't always better. Each antenna has t... Aug 23 2006, 05:19 PM pknowles What kind of transmission and recieving range can ... Aug 23 2006, 05:48 PM
trackbird QUOTE (pknowles @ Aug 23 2006, 01:48 PM) ... Aug 23 2006, 06:43 PM pknowles QUOTE (trackbird @ Aug 23 2006, 02:43 PM)... Aug 23 2006, 07:38 PM John_D. QUOTE (pknowles @ Aug 23 2006, 02:38 PM) ... Aug 23 2006, 07:43 PM trackbird 4 Watts on a proper antenna, on 29 mhz should get ... Aug 23 2006, 07:58 PM |
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