Small skinney Antenna Needed
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yiteurp
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Small skinney Antenna Needed
I'm Looking for a Really Small Antenna for a hand held CB I found one that works on a 2m and had a magnet base of about the size of a quarter. It was about 17 inches tall. Is this available for the CB market
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'Doc
Antenna lengths deal with partial wave lengths of a particular frequency of use. At 2 meters, a 1/4 wave length is approximately 17 inches. That same 1/4 wave length at CB frequencies is about 9 feet long. The difference between 145 Mhz (2 meters) and 27 Mhz (CB). You can probably find CB antennas as short as 2 feet, maybe. They will work, but not very well at all. The lower you go in frequency the longer the antenna will be. Not very convenient, but that's how it is.
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Oh, forgot the handheld thingy. There's also an antenna commonly called a 'rubber duck'. It will be at least close to what you are looking for. It's strictly a last resort sort of thingy. Absolutely -anything- will be better than a 'rubber duck' antenna.
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