SPRINTERLIGHT
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- Oct 16, 2014
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Hello Everybody,
New to this forum and looking for info ! I recently acquired a Cobra cb radio 29 wxnwst. I also have two antennas with it. Both are Firestik fiberglass antennas one is 3 feet the other is four feet. The 3 footer is a ground plane antenna and the 4 footer is a no ground plane. I installed the 3 foot ground plane antenna in a motorhome and it works fine. Now that camping season is over I thought I would install the cb in my garage
with the 4 foot no ground antenna. I did and it does not work. The swr meter on the radio shows just over
1. I also have a separate swr meter that shows between 3-4 Not good from what I understand. What am I doing wrong !!!! I would also like to build my own antenna but do not know what kind I would need for just
average use. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I would be extremely grateful.
Thanks and hope to hear back soon.
New to this forum and looking for info ! I recently acquired a Cobra cb radio 29 wxnwst. I also have two antennas with it. Both are Firestik fiberglass antennas one is 3 feet the other is four feet. The 3 footer is a ground plane antenna and the 4 footer is a no ground plane. I installed the 3 foot ground plane antenna in a motorhome and it works fine. Now that camping season is over I thought I would install the cb in my garage
with the 4 foot no ground antenna. I did and it does not work. The swr meter on the radio shows just over
1. I also have a separate swr meter that shows between 3-4 Not good from what I understand. What am I doing wrong !!!! I would also like to build my own antenna but do not know what kind I would need for just
average use. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I would be extremely grateful.
Thanks and hope to hear back soon.