CB antenna HELP!!!!!

TxFire

OK....I got 7 Chargers I'm decking up and I am putting some small Uniden CBs in them for a \"sideband\" communication and something they can use on the highway. Anyway....I am needing some kinf of SMALL very hideable antenna.

On the first 2 I put the glass mount cell like antennas...and for what they use them for, they work fine and they are OK with them. Now on one of the cars...the outside piece fell off and he didn't realize it till he came to me for more stuff and it was noticed...but he said it still worked just fine and they had no problems talking to each other...so thats a thought!! Put the interior piece and leave the external piece off?!?!

But at one point in my life....I seen a glass tape style antenna, seems like jC Whitney or somewhere...and now I can't find anything like it. It wrapped around the window on the inside and thats it....anyone heard of this??

Another idea I seen was the converter that ties your am/fm antenna into the radio...but i can't find these either and I have used them before myself and it was OK for short range stuff.....anyone seen these??

Or if someone has any other ideas at all...PLEASE share them with me!!

Thanks ya'll!!

911tech

I belive that this is the converter you were looking for. Its designed for a scanner, but with a simple BNC to PL259 adapter you could easily use it for a cb.

http://www.logjamelectronics.com/paradypdc64.html

wfdstation42

I remember the \"foil\" antennas you mention as well as the adapters. Neither worked very well and for the most part died out with the CB craze of the 70's. There are still some adapters made and you can find them if you look hard enough, here is one type on Ebay. I wouldn't recommend using one made to convert the antenna for a scanner for CB use. Read THIS to understand why.

Rofocowboy84

I had no problem with my 5' Firestik II.....not very low-pro though, lol....

QualityLights

We carry the glass mount CB antenna kits for about $25.00, but are out of stock on them until sometime in the next week or so. They measure about 28\" and look like cellular antennas. The kit includes the 15 feet of coaxial cable as well as a PL-259 antenna connector. As for using one without the antenna it's self, don't do it! The SWR will be through the roof and the radio will fry the transmit final within a short amount of time (usually within about 3 or so hours of transmit time).

As for the foil antennas and the antenna splitters allowing you to use an AM/FM stero antenna, I don't recommend either of them. Basically, the have a \"matcher\" that fools the radio into thinking that the SWR matches, which will keep the radio from getting fried, but it also dramatically limits how much transmit power is going out. For example, if the SWR is at a 50% ratio instead of a 1.5 to 1 (proper SWR) a 5 watt radio will only be transmitting at 2 1/2 watts at the antenna. The other 2 1/2 watts is being dissipated by the matcher, thus being wasted. Just some friendly advice on these so called \"antennas\". To be totally honest, I'm not a very big fan of the glass mount antennas for CB either, but they are the least of the evils when it comes to low profile CB antennas on a budget.

Jarred J.

[quote:1780546ec2=\"Rofocowboy84\"]I had no problem with my 5' Firestik II.....not very low-pro though, lol....

Posted: Mon 27-Oct-2008 11:33 Post subject:

Depending on the vehicle, you can take your time and install a Firestik or similar where the factory AM/FM antenna is, however this doesn't sound like an option for the charger, but check where you can mount it near the hood. The FireStik's are available very short. A specific splitter is sold (I think FireStik may sell them too) that taps the CB antenna to use it as receive for an AM/FM radio. It does not work the other way (you cannot use AM/FM antenna for CB). I don't remember the foil antenna, but I do remember a dipole style antenna. The issue with something like that is it becomes directional. I installed a 2M wire antenna just to try out around my windshield and transmit/receive worked best, if at all, if I were pointed in the proper direction. The lil' wils are actually suprisingly large. For temp CB, as a just in case we have a Uniden CB radio and a magnetic antenna from Walcott CB (sp?) that is like 6\" long. It receives great, has a huge range for dialing in the tuning, and depending on how you transmit doesn't do that bad. 4x4ers who don't like having a CB antenna go this route with a handheld CB because they don't get too far apart.

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