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May 7th 04, 05:26 PM
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(Wolfgang Von Laderbach IV) wrote in message ...
I stopped using CB some time ago. but still had my 1/2 wave dipole left
up in the air.
So not wanting to trash it i hooked it up to my DX300 realistic.
works great, anybody else use old CB antennas??
Wolfie
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Modern receivers are so sensitive that you could use a wet noodle
and
still receive. If you can manage it, adding an 8 foot whip to each end
of the cb dipole (providing it's not folded) would get the antenna
resonant around
15 mhz and really get the antenna perking. Radio Shack used to sell a
helical cb antenna about 4 feet long that would do the job and not be
a mechanical problem.
I have a similar setup over the garage (low) and it works fine for 19
and
21 meters. Or you could just attach 8-foot wires to the ends of the
dipole
and see what happens. To work well, the antenna must be installed on a
windy
night during a rainstorm.
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