Thread: what's the best cb base antenna you had
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Old September 27th 06, 11:55 AM posted to rec.radio.cb
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Default what's the best cb base antenna you had
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:57:44 -0700, (avj 1) wrote in
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Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19' tall
with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could find
another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
try something else.


Try building your own. Hoist it as high as possible, the higher the
better. Or get an el-cheapo antenna tuner ($10-20) and throw some wire
into a tree -- works better than any prefab antenna I've ever tried.
Or use the tuner to load up whatever is available: rain gutter, flag
pole, bed spring, 'laundry-line array'........ the only limitation is
your imagination.




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