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i just picked up a Midland radio 75-822 portable cb. it has the noaa
stations too. i am looking for a hi gain ruber ducky bnc antenna. can anyone suggest one? |
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:13:52 GMT, "Kryptoknight"
wrote: i just picked up a Midland radio 75-822 portable cb. it has the noaa stations too. i am looking for a hi gain ruber ducky bnc antenna. can anyone suggest one? A high gain rubber ducky is an oxymoron. |
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Kryptoknight wrote:
i just picked up a Midland radio 75-822 portable cb. it has the noaa stations too. i am looking for a hi gain ruber ducky bnc antenna. can anyone suggest one? High gain generally relates to large size. "Rubber Ducky" antennas are low gain compromises. There is no such animal as "High Gain Rubber Ducky" [pun intended] |
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i know i know. the factory one is a dual band 10" antenna (cb and noaa). i'm
looking for the ~27MHz cb band antenna that is approx 12-18" long. this would have better gain than what i have now, but obviously not like a 1/4 or 1/2 wave antenna. any suggestions on through-glass mini "loaded" cb antenna. "Dave" wrote in message . .. Kryptoknight wrote: i just picked up a Midland radio 75-822 portable cb. it has the noaa stations too. i am looking for a hi gain ruber ducky bnc antenna. can anyone suggest one? High gain generally relates to large size. "Rubber Ducky" antennas are low gain compromises. There is no such animal as "High Gain Rubber Ducky" [pun intended] |
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i know the through-glass antenna suck balls, but i did not want to install a
huge whip. i have a 2006 tacoma with tonneau cover. i would do a hard mount on my roof as long as the antenna was one of those thin stainless types. any suggestions (model / part #'s)? thanks "Kryptoknight" wrote in message ... i know i know. the factory one is a dual band 10" antenna (cb and noaa). i'm looking for the ~27MHz cb band antenna that is approx 12-18" long. this would have better gain than what i have now, but obviously not like a 1/4 or 1/2 wave antenna. any suggestions on through-glass mini "loaded" cb antenna. "Dave" wrote in message . .. Kryptoknight wrote: i just picked up a Midland radio 75-822 portable cb. it has the noaa stations too. i am looking for a hi gain ruber ducky bnc antenna. can anyone suggest one? High gain generally relates to large size. "Rubber Ducky" antennas are low gain compromises. There is no such animal as "High Gain Rubber Ducky" [pun intended] |
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:24:33 GMT, "Kryptoknight"
wrote: i know i know. the factory one is a dual band 10" antenna (cb and noaa). i'm looking for the ~27MHz cb band antenna that is approx 12-18" long. this would have better gain than what i have now, but obviously not like a 1/4 or 1/2 wave antenna. any suggestions on through-glass mini "loaded" cb antenna. Hi OM, The difference between an infinitesimal antenna and a quarterwave antenna is only 5%. However, to get the small antenna to resonate brings far more opportunity for loss. 12-18" long is not likely to bring you any advantage but carefree dreams unless you can strangle the loss. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
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Richard Clark wrote:
The difference between an infinitesimal antenna and a quarterwave antenna is only 5%. However, to get the small antenna to resonate brings far more opportunity for loss. 12-18" long is not likely to bring you any advantage but carefree dreams unless you can strangle the loss. To clarify, that 5% is only for a lossless antenna. When the antenna becomes very short, you also take a beating in conductor loss, since the currents get enormous, so the antenna itself becomes inefficient. And of course if the antenna depends on current through the ground, you take a beating there for the same reason. So add conductor and possibly ground loss to the inevitable loss in the matching network which must also deal with high current and/or high voltage. Roy Lewallen, W7EL |
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so there is no better ducky antenna than the one that came with this cb ??
any suggestions on a roof mounted thin stainless whip?? "Roy Lewallen" wrote in message ... Richard Clark wrote: The difference between an infinitesimal antenna and a quarterwave antenna is only 5%. However, to get the small antenna to resonate brings far more opportunity for loss. 12-18" long is not likely to bring you any advantage but carefree dreams unless you can strangle the loss. To clarify, that 5% is only for a lossless antenna. When the antenna becomes very short, you also take a beating in conductor loss, since the currents get enormous, so the antenna itself becomes inefficient. And of course if the antenna depends on current through the ground, you take a beating there for the same reason. So add conductor and possibly ground loss to the inevitable loss in the matching network which must also deal with high current and/or high voltage. Roy Lewallen, W7EL |
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Kryptoknight wrote:
so there is no better ducky antenna than the one that came with this cb ?? I made field strength measurements between the abomination that came with my DJ-580 and a Comet CH72S both equipped with a tiger tail. I don't remember the numbers, but the Comet won by a lot. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Kryptoknight wrote: so there is no better ducky antenna than the one that came with this cb ?? any suggestions on a roof mounted thin stainless whip?? Hello! I was looking into this problem recently too. For the antenna, search on radioshacks website for "102". You'll find their 102" stainless antenna. They have an inventory locator on the website which will tell you which radioshack has it in stock (supposedly). If you have a non corporate radio shack (they're run semi-independent, and have their own stuff as well as radio shack stuff), they're more likely to carry the 102" even if the website says they don't have them. CALL AHEAD, it seems like they just lose their inventory somewhere, and can't find them when it says they have them (How you lose something that's 9 feet long, i have NO idea). Good luck on a roof mount. I've seen some roofmounts, and I believe some homemade ones. Kinda scary looking. I'm always concerned with the flex on the sheet metal. My nissan truck roof is tooo thin to mount a big whip on without a huge supporting washer (like 8 inches+). You're not really going to find just a thin metal wire antenna that's not 102". Everything shorter than that is going to have a coil. I also strongly suggest checking out your local truck stop. Radio shack mostly only sells a ball mount (the one they have supposedly sucks, since it doesn't have the 'teeth' to hold the ball in place well when you attack it, but ball types are one of the strongest!'. They also have mirror mounts. Which are only really useful if you have semi mirrors that are held on by metal poles. Or I guess if you have a roof rack (but then you'd need to get this ground well!). A compromise that I made is an under hood mount. It's kinda like an L bracket, so you open your hood, and right under the lip (on your car, not the hood) you can screw in the mount, These types allow you to have all the screws hidden below the hood, and the mount sticks up betwteen the hood crack. Then you can run a wire from this, under your hood, and through your firewall (usually you have rubber gromets for other wires already going through your firewall). The hood mounts are probably not strong enough for a 102" whip. The other option is magnet mount, with the four 6" magnets. They sell them online for like 30 or 40$. Those will hold anything. Only problem with magnet mounts is that they're more likely to pick up vehicle RFI noise! I picked up my blower motor for my AC, went away the minute I screwed the antenna into my sheet metal. |
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