Calling all Virginians (Tidewater area)

I got the 4' firestik II. Not sure what the difference is but if you can't easy access the back of ur cb when u install it, make sure you tune the antenna before you put the cb in place

 

He prolly didn't know me. Was in trans am

 

I'm going to mount mine on the ARB front bumpers Will be in field of view, but not too worried about it.

 

I did that with the one I sold you. Worked out well and wasn't really in the way. Just stuck it in the top on the passenger side and kept it movin....

 

That's a good radio, but after I saw the Cora 19 wired uo with the disconnect I knew that was the way I wanted to go.

 

grow yo nutz and get a wilson 1000 and drill that hole!

 

Shit, I ain't hate'n...before you buy, there is a guy in West Point that sells peak and tuned CBs

 

Sup folks nice day out

 

Yeah, I hear up front is best... I would've done what you are talking about too if I had an after market bumper, not yet ... The guy at Signal Comms said the height of the tip is most important, to get that up above the roof line... I haven't got the radio in yet, I'm waiting to see how it performs.

 

Actually, you want the COIL above the roofline...if there is no COIL, then as much of the antenna above the roofline as possible...

 

Interesting... Why would the coil be important for transmit and receive ? I can only go by what I was told, I do understand Radio Freq. some, but home boy was telling me you transmit more from the tip than anything else, somewhat makes sense... I guess it's on the reception side ? I wouldn't think the coil would play as much a part in wavelength reception though as the rest of the antenna though.

 

everything ive heard/dealt with states that it should be as close to center as possible on you rig.

 

Depends on the antenna... firesticks have the coil all the way down, so more coil above tge roofline tge better. Wilsons coil is in the bsse so u want the base on the roof

 

yeah, it actually is... Should've worded that differently, I meant between mounting locations other than the roof... So in that instance, and thinking about how waves travel, it makes me wonder about the coil importance.... I've been wanting to learn more about this stuff... I always hear differing info

 

You gonna roll out this weekend ?

 

There is also the ground plane issue. Mount anywhere but the roof, and you need a non-ground plane(NGP) antenna. The roof mount will have the best transmission distance.

 

and the associated NGP cable. NGP cable== groundplane

 

Wow!!! So what all do I need to get???

 

$74 Firestik LG3M2W 3 [92cm] Single Side Mount Lightweight ngp Kit [white]

something like this?

RightChannelRadios

 

got the lift finished over the weekend and bandit helped me install the grillcraft yesterday