Somebody told me if you have antron 99 or a i max 2000 or any
fiberglass antenna.When you first put it up it works good,then after a
couple of years being up,it starts to loose it's recieving strength. Is
this true? how about if you clean the antenna on the outside,will this
help? someone said car wax works good..

On Aug 13, 2:18 pm, (Toni Toad) wrote:
Somebody told me if you have antron 99 or a i max 2000 or any
fiberglass antenna.When you first put it up it works good,then after a
couple of years being up,it starts to loose it's recieving strength. Is
this true? how about if you clean the antenna on the outside,will this
help? someone said car wax works good..

I have to wonder if you're getting this advice from truckers by any
chance? I can understand where they're coming from if their antennas
aren't springloaded (so they're basically smashing the damn thing if
they drive under something shorter than the antenna is).

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:18:29 -0700, (Toni Toad)
wrote:

|Somebody told me if you have antron 99 or a i max 2000 or any
|fiberglass antenna.When you first put it up it works good,then after a
|couple of years being up,it starts to loose it's recieving strength. Is
|this true? how about if you clean the antenna on the outside,will this
|help? someone said car wax works good..
|------------------

No. Fiberglass is a protection of the actual wire that makes up the
antenna. It is so thin with respect to the wavelength at CB
frequencies that is essentially lossless. It will not deteriate
reception or transmission.

james