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Can you use a Scanner Antenna for a CB Radio?

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RGNation

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Can you use an All-Band Scanner Antenna for a CB Radio? i mistakenly bought a scanner antenna instead of a cb antenna, and i would like to know if it would still work. Thank You.
 

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No. Antennas are tuned for certain applications. Transmitting thru an antenna not designed and tuned for that radio would more than likely do damage to the radio. Cant you bring it back to the store and exchange it?
 

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No. Antennas are tuned for certain applications. Transmitting thru an antenna not designed and tuned for that radio would more than likely do damage to the radio. Cant you bring it back to the store and exchange it?

I bought it off amazon, I ordered it and figured out it was the wrong one before i got it. So i have to wait until it comes, then ship ot back. But thanks for the info man.
 

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Can you use an All-Band Scanner Antenna for a CB Radio? i mistakenly bought a scanner antenna instead of a cb antenna, and i would like to know if it would still work. Thank You.


Sure, as long you don't plan on transmitting. :wink:
It would be a terrible waste of a good scanner antenna.


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If the antenna is designed to work at 27 MHz you could probably transmit with it. Dont expect great results though.
 

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The short answer is no, you can't. There's the possibility that it might be used, but I certainly wouldn't count on that. So far, I think your best bet would be to return/exchange that antenna for the right one.
Another possibility is that you can make anything work if you want to bad enough. It would definitely not be easy/cheap, and probably wouldn't work very well.
- 'Doc

(Not that I've ever done anything like that! ... and I hope I never do again.)
 

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NO. Don't even think about it. I blew my first CB radio (Maxon Handheld) transmitter, trying to use the radio shack handheld scanner antenna when I was 15. Make you you have an antenna that is SPECIFICALLY tuned to the CB range. Hope you didn't alread make the same mistake I did.
 
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