Well,

I went to the truck stop and purchased a 5' Firestik. I it worked
great on the interstate the five miles from the truck stop to my
house. Then it fell off the top of my car a couple of times as I was
driving. We did have high winds around 30 to 40 mph last night as the
thunderstorms approached.

After I put the antenna on the trunk, the radio refused to light up
any more after it lit up for a few seconds.

Well, I walked outside just now and looked at the box the magnet came
in. It said it was good for antennas up to 48".

So that is probably my problem. I need to take it back and get one
large enough to hold a 5' long antenna, or get a 4' antenna.

I was able to talk to a trucker who was 4.5 miles up the road from me
so it must have been putting out well.


Then the radio just died. Maybe the antenna was to much for that 25
year old Cobra 148 GTL?



On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:19:20 -0500, Scott in Baltimore
wrote:

J.A. Rodgers wrote:
This is the one that is 5 star rated.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family


This is the one I'm using now:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family


Go get a Wilson 1000 or a K-40 if you must use a magnet mount.
A body grounded full size antenna will always work better.









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