On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:12:09 GMT, "Merlin-7 KI4ILB"
wrote:

I just bought a 10 meter mobile rig (25 watt old radio shack rig).

I was planing on cutting down a 102" CB whip to 10 meter band.

Anyone know of any type of antenna that would work better?

Thanks
Joe
KI4ILB


I know this is an old post, but I only just now found and read it,
so I hope it is of interest to someone, if not the original poster.

Now that that's over, (whew) I installed a 102" SS whip, spring, and
ball mount I got from Rat Shack on the side of my 94 Plymouth Sundance's
left rear fender, (the trunk lid is fiberglass so I couldn't mount it there)
and it works great as it was. I got a near perfect match across the 10 meter
band without a tuner and I didn't have to trim it one iota. If I needed,
there is a little room for adjustment in the mount as the whip is secured
with a hex head set screw in the mount. That should give enough wiggle room
to get a decent match without having to cut the whip.

I have a tuner, (a Drake MN-4) I use in the car, but I use in bypass
mode for 10 meters. It will tune the whip from 20 through 10 meters with an
SWR typically under 1.5:1 on all those bands. It won't tune to a useable SWR
for anything lower in frequency than 20 meters though, so I will have to
come up with another antenna that I can hopefully use with the same mount
for 40, and hopefully through 80 meters.

Again, I know this is a reply to a nearly 7 month old post, but I
hope it is of use to someone anyway.

Rob