I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.

"Drifter" wrote in message
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I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.



You could, but it would require a ground plane so large and cumbersome that
it would not be easy to remove the antenna to use it mobile again. You will
also get better performance from a base antenna.

Drifter wrote:
I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.

Do you have room for a real ground plane antenna on your garage?

Drifter wrote:
I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.



You can use a Wilson 1000 as a base antenna IF you put a car sized
ground plane under it, although four 8.6 foot radials would work
as well. A full size antenna will gather more signal.

Hello Drifter:

Yeah what they said!

I had a local who placed the magnetic mount Wilson 1000 on his Swap
Cooler, that of course had a lot of metal for a ground plane. He had to
add on a coax extension, and ran barefoot. But was able to converse with
all the locals, and make the coffee shop get 2 gethers on time. It surly
isn't a skip shootin antenna.

One nut cake ran a Wilson 1000 on his refregrator, and a Palmar Skipper
300 Linear. This was a TVI and all kinds of Interference looking for a
place to happen. He lived in a apartment house, and was soon evicted.
Probably for not listening to Jay in the Mojave! (Oh Brother!)

Jay in the Mojave

Scott in Baltimore wrote:

Drifter wrote:

I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.



You can use a Wilson 1000 as a base antenna IF you put a car sized
ground plane under it, although four 8.6 foot radials would work
as well. A full size antenna will gather more signal.

"Jay in the Mojave" wrote...

This was a TVI and all kinds of Interference looking for a place to happen.

Interference can be a real pain...
http://www.load-of.cobblers.org/news/rfi.php


:~)

Peter.
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote...

You can use a Wilson 1000 as a base antenna IF you put a car sized
ground plane under it,

Not a problem.
It is possible to carefully position your car so that you can stick the
magmount on the trunk...
http://www.load-of.cobblers.org/rrcb/images/carwall.jpg



:~)

Peter.
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

"Peter" wrote:
"Scott in Baltimore" wrote...

You can use a Wilson 1000 as a base antenna IF you put a car sized
ground plane under it,

Not a problem.
It is possible to carefully position your car so that you can stick the
magmount on the trunk...
http://www.load-of.cobblers.org/rrcb/images/carwall.jpg

Hehe, wouldn't that be somewhat directional?

If you have a freezer or washer in your garage just slap the wilson 1000 on
top of it and it should work pretty good but not as good as a proper base
antena up in the air.

Scorpio


"Drifter" wrote in message
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I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.

"Drifter" wrote in message
...
I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.


Does your garage have a metal roof? If so, plop it down on top of the
garage, and run a wire from the roof of the garage down to a grounding rod
in the yard, or a METAL cold water pipe in the garage/house (as long as it's
metal all the way out to the yard!) Any point that is grounded would work,
though I'd avoid using the ground in an outlet; you really don't want it
hooked into the household wiring, even despite the fact that a lot places
use the cold water pipes for ground... The antenna will perform, but not
nearly as well as a proper base antenna...