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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
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Help please.
Well i am thinking about putting a CB in my truck we have one in all the semis, tractors, and trucks at the farm. so i think i am going to put one in....if i do i want to put dual cb antennas and mount them on my back rack...but i am not to sure what color cb whips to get.
Red? Black? White? Red With White Tips? What would you choose? Thanks. |
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Re: Help please.
My vote is for white w/ red tips.
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Lehigh Valley ,PA
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Re: Help please.
cb's actually work better with 1 antenna because with 2 the are fighting each other. thats what the local cb shop told me when he installed on my peterbilt. trucks look better with 2 but use one just for show.
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Re: Help please.
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Re: Help please.
ill second that nomination
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sonora California
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Re: Help please.
go with the 102" whip. Then you can break out all the lights at the gas station so you will never see the price of fuel
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Medford, Oregon
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Re: Help please.
Dual antennas on your pickup isn't going to help your CB propagation at all, you just don't have the spacing needed. Phasing antennas is an ok way to go as long as you have the spacing between antennas, min 1/4 wave length and you have a phasing harness. If you want it for looks, then only connect one of them to the radio and have the other as a dummy antenna, it will however react as a parasitic array, but this isn't going to cause you any real problems.
As for color, I'd go with White with a Red tip. |
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Libby, MT
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Re: Help please.
I have a 4' Firestik... Black with a red tip. it looks decent. it would look good on your truck as well because of your two tone red/black
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: mechanicsville, maryland
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Re: Help please.
i run duals on mine and you want to talk about range i can put out there. i tow a lot and wanted them so i had no blind spots lets just say im happy oh and duals need to be 6 feet from each other for best performance
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: washington
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Re: Help please.
A cobra 29 and a 102 whip will do you solid no need for anything fancier really
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