Help on Selecting antenna's for truck. boat and car.
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iknownothing
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Help on Selecting antenna's for truck. boat and car.
I have been out of the CB game for over 30 years. Back then a good old stel wip of 102" was hard to beat if you had the room for mounting it. But I have no idea what is out there now. And I do not want to go cheep as cheep is junk, but money is tight so I would like to keep things as low coast as I can. I have three CB sets, all tuned to work with amps. I have a 200 amp, a 100 amp and a 40 amp. The 200 is for the truck, the 100 for the boat and the 40 for the car. Truck is an 84 full size bronk. Plane on going with a wip onlessthere is now more bag for the buck out thier. I will permanintly mount it, top center in the back. Car is a 91 lexus LS400 thinking about a magnetic mount. On the boat every Marine cb I have seen tops out at 25 watts. Boat is a basic 22 fot speed ski boat. Fiberglass body. Anyway to go witha steel wip??? Boat only goes in freash water. Also any good place to buy over the net or in person. I'm in Arizona, but Las Vegas is closest big city. I thank you all for your time, help, and sugestions.
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'Doc
Things really haven't changed all that much, so what you remember as being 'good' is still about as 'good'.
The biggest 'fault' with those 102" whips is that the just are not as convenient as shorter antennas. If you're willing to put up with the limitations of using a 102" whip, fine. If not, then try a shorter antenna. May not be as 'good', but then they certainly are more convenient.
Mag-mounts. Nothing wrong with them as long as you remember that they do have limitations.
Boats. Oh boy, is that fun! Basically the same as cars, but just more so, kind'a. If you can put a 'counterpoise' in/on it, that's the typical way of doing things when the boat isn't metal. If it is metal, treat it just like you would a car. That 'metal' or counterpoise is the 'other half' of the antenna. No matter where you mount the thing, figure on it getting wet. If it's made from something that water likes to 'eat', it'll get eaten up eventually. Lots of ways to do that 'boat' radio stuff, I've seen a few that work very well, and some that don't. Good luck.
- 'Doc
The biggest 'fault' with those 102" whips is that the just are not as convenient as shorter antennas. If you're willing to put up with the limitations of using a 102" whip, fine. If not, then try a shorter antenna. May not be as 'good', but then they certainly are more convenient.
Mag-mounts. Nothing wrong with them as long as you remember that they do have limitations.
Boats. Oh boy, is that fun! Basically the same as cars, but just more so, kind'a. If you can put a 'counterpoise' in/on it, that's the typical way of doing things when the boat isn't metal. If it is metal, treat it just like you would a car. That 'metal' or counterpoise is the 'other half' of the antenna. No matter where you mount the thing, figure on it getting wet. If it's made from something that water likes to 'eat', it'll get eaten up eventually. Lots of ways to do that 'boat' radio stuff, I've seen a few that work very well, and some that don't. Good luck.
- 'Doc
