Yes it is possible and works damn good. In the early 80s I used a 102 inch
stainless steel whip and a home made ground plane, (all home built) to
regularly work Australia and New Zealand. I used a 1 foot square piece of
metal and 4 9 foot pieces of Aluminum electrical conduit for the radials.
The 102 inch whip was mounted in the center of the piece of metal. The mast
mount was a bit tricky to do and it is even trickier to describe but it was
all made out of left over plumbing stuff. It was also able to handle more
power then many of the commercial antennas of the time.

"sxtera" wrote in message
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Any body know if it is possible to use a long whip mobile antenna for a
base
station antenna, and if it would be worth it to begin with? As you all can
understand, I'm trying to keep costs way down. I am also just starting
out.
I have been told that cb radio is dying or dead, but I still hear that
people are still using them. Any information on this matter would be
greatly
appreciated. Thanks.