Post them CB whip pics!
11-23-2015, 09:27 AM
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How much trouble do ya'll think I'd get in if I drove around like this?
How much trouble do ya'll think I'd get in if I drove around like this?
11-23-2015, 03:52 PM
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Pretty sure if you add outside interference it may hamper your efficiency.
But this reminds me of the time my uncle Chuck, a CHP Sargent at the time, said watch this...He had me hold up a fluorescent light tube about 3 feet from his cruiser antenna as he keyed it up. It lit it up like it was in the socket it was designed for! Maybe you don't need to add outside power to make yours light up? It may however absorb some of your output? Fred could answer that better than I could.
11-23-2015, 04:18 PM
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Pretty sure if you add outside interference it may hamper your efficiency. But this reminds me of the time my uncle Chuck, a CHP Sargent at the time, said watch this...He had me hold up a fluorescent light tube about 3 feet from his cruiser antenna as he keyed it up. It lit it up like it was in the socket it was designed for! Maybe you don't need to add outside power to make yours light up? It may however absorb some of your output? Fred could answer that better than I could.
11-24-2015, 08:19 AM
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Im not saying freds wrong haha. i always left the top 1 1/2 to 2" of my whips unwrapped. and i have seen the florescent light with CB whip trick before haha always fun to watch.
11-24-2015, 10:30 AM
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Check the VSWR at the radio and I bet you will remove that real fast, if you ever plan on using the CB.
It's wire wrapped around more wire inside the antenna the wire is how you tune the antenna by cutting it when new. That is on a Firestick anyway its a loaded antenna not a whip as such.
It's wire wrapped around more wire inside the antenna the wire is how you tune the antenna by cutting it when new. That is on a Firestick anyway its a loaded antenna not a whip as such.
11-24-2015, 10:34 AM
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Check the VSWR at the radio and I bet you will remove that real fast, if you ever plan on using the CB.
It's wire wrapped around more wire inside the antenna the wire is how you tune the antenna by cutting it when new. That is on a Firestick anyway its a loaded antenna not a whip as such.
It's wire wrapped around more wire inside the antenna the wire is how you tune the antenna by cutting it when new. That is on a Firestick anyway its a loaded antenna not a whip as such.