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Can I have 2 CB radios next to each other if they are connected to 2 separate antennas? The 2 antennas are about 50 feet apart, one antenna is on the side of my house ( an inverted v) and the other antenna (horizontal dipole) is on top of a barn on the other side of the property. Thank you.

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If you are running legal power levels, that should be just fine.
If you are NOT running legal power, then you'd need to carefully look at how much power is coupling between the two antennas.
The radios side by side isn't an issue if they are in their factory configuration (in their metal case).
 
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i used to drive around, before i got any external antenna on my station wagon, with a PRO2001 and my TRC 451 bolted together.
ok, you might think no big deal.
both had a back of the radio antenna on them.
the CB antenna was inches from the scanners antennas. (VHF,UHF)
the cb is now out in the garage having dust collect on it.
the 2001 is on my desk right now and i use it daily for state forestry and the space station.
so if i can get the station 250miles up, i am not worried about it being burned out.
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so that is the back of the 2001 and the antenna was into the back of the 451 CB and i found a pick of the 451 (right side)
they were both in the car brackets and bolted together.
could not get much closer.
i did eventually learn about not doing that...
 
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Two radios and two antennas on the same property will interfere with each other to some extent. If one radio is on ch 1 and the other is on ch 40 they might play nice but with less channel separation you will cause the squelch to break and hear interference on one radio when you transmit on the other.
 
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Most modern CB radios will come with mounting hardware, which you must modify to fit your specific vehicle model. However, sometimes, you will have to get mounting hardware separately. While you will not have to shell out a lot of cash, time and effort for installation are required.
 
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