CB antenna?

[Rq17954z]

Have a simple question, I have seen that a dipole antenna,s is good for dxing on CB . I have been using a wire antenna for receiving CB (10 meters)on a tecsun pl880. The wire antenna has made a big difference from a ml30 antenna that I used before . I thought it might be used for transmission on CB but read that using a long wire antenna with a CB will damage the radio,why?

 

[Rq17954z]

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[Ct_Pirate]

Have a simple question, I have seen that a dipole antenna,s is good for dxing on CB . I have been using a wire antenna for receiving CB (10 meters)on a tecsun pl880. The wire antenna has made a big difference from a ml30 antenna that I used before . I thought it might be used for transmission on CB but read that using a long wire antenna with a CB will damage the radio,why?

Hey just curious what set up did you use as a long wire for CB?

 

[Rq17954z]

Hey just curious what set up did you use as a long wire for CB?

I never hooked a long wire antenna to my CB . I did hook up a long wire antenna to my Tecsun pl 880 just a receiving radio. It receives much better than my CB working of a mobile antenna . I seen that a long wire antenna wasn't recommended to use so didn't try it. But did see it can be done but you need a coupling device between the radio and the long wire some of the ham radio people use them on 11 meters. On CB all I hear is DX and almost all of that they are using a lot more power than 4 watts . With the mobile antenna I can hear from California to Puerto Rico. With the wire antenna can hear all of Europe to on the Tecsun 880.

 

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Why inverted-V dipole is recommended for low-cost general purpose CB base antenna as it’s a nice compromise for RX/TX both local & DX.

It’s what I’d try before settling.

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Looks quite nice.

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