Need help with cb antenna!

[zengin]

Im looking to mount a cb antenna on my 03 kj renegade using the existing antenna port... the only kicker is i want 8-10ft of antenna and have it "clipped on" to my roof rack (have it tied back most of the time) firesticks seem too stiff to do this although i like the look/performance of it... i cant go with a floppy ss whip as they will loose stiffness quick and end up dragging..
any ideas??

thanks in advance!

 

[tommudd]

8 to 10 foot ???????????
Are you serious ?? No where could you run that long of one even on the road

 

[Geep]

I think he wants to tie it back so it's pulled down most of the time. Look into a Wilson antenna. They make nice stuff.
http://www.wilsonantenna.com/

 

[recoil44]

This has some info that might help.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/cb-antenna-placement-75086/

5th post has a firestick setup like you mentioned.

 

[drawnon]

I remember reading a post somewhere about using the existing am/fm antenna location. I don't think it was on this forum. I think it was just some random internet thing. The guy put a 4 or 5 foot firestick where the stock radio antenna was and bought a bunch of y adapters and converters to use the cb antenna as a radio antenna as well. I want to do this as well.

 

[Geep]

Being that I'm new here most of what I have to bring to the table is most-likely out of the box but maybe one of those ratcheting marine antenna bases might work for what you want to do. When you want to lay the antenna down just adjust the angle. I messed with a 12'-14' fiberglass Shakespear on my Tahoe years ago and it really got out.

From my understanding an antenna has a specific "effective" length and guys will have them tested somehow and then they cut them to the proper length.

The Wilson 1000 I currently have works very well even sitting on the garage floor which is hooked up to a Cobra 148 GTL. I use it to listen to guys on lower side band that are using atmospheric bounce to communicate. Kind of funny to hear guys located in Jamaica all the way in Michigan.

 

[tommudd]

Ground plane and 200 watt kicker does good as a stationary type setup, have talked a LONG way using that setup
But just for street running I would never have a long one even tied down beating around on top

 

[tommudd]

By the way Zengin
this coming weekend M&G Swanton area if you'd like to meet some other KJ owners and see some AWESOME KJ s:shrug:

 

[drawnon]

So now I cant find the exact web page I was talking about, but here are a couple that are the exact same thing.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Jeep_Liberty/Electrical/CB_Radio/Original_CB_Antenna_Installation

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Jeep_Liberty/Electrical/CB_Radio/Upgraded_CB_Antenna_Installation

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Considering the limited range of a CB, why do you want an 8-10 foot arial?
I just use a magnetic mount antenna for our CB.
Works just fine for vehicle to vehicle communications.

 

[theroofable]

I would say put a permanent mount antenna somewhere on the roof, rather than having a long one lower on the vehicle. It would also be cheaper, and more effective on the roof. There are also some alternatives to cb

 

[Ry' N Jen]

There are also some alternatives to cb

So true!
When we get our FT-857 I'm going to get it modded and then it will be able to work as a CB radio as well!

 

[theroofable]

I think it would be cool to get a VHF license and allow other members to use it. Like a frequency just for jeepkj members, Im going to start looking into it. Any interest in this?

 

[JeepinJarhead03]

How'ya liking your 857 Ry? I've got a FT2500M in the jeep - real nice unit

 

[Geep]

What is the range of VHF/UHF? Lower side band CB pokes out fairly far from what I can tell but I haven't used my CB in years other than listening to others while in the garage. The popularity of cell phones really put a damper on my CB usage.

 

[theroofable]

I use a vhf mobile, my county uses mostly vhf for public saftey. I have no problems hitting our dispatch from 5 miles + with many trees. I can pick up the surrounding counties dispatch and operations channels clearly. I would say you can get over 15 miles and still have clear communication, as long as you have a decent radio and antenna. The rescue squad does transports over an hour away and can still hit the dispatch center. VHF is the same band as marine radios. You can get great reception on a 2ft whip antenna, and they are easy to tune. Just think, cbs are I believe under 5watts, where in vhf, the mobile units range from 25-100 watts.