I have a old short CB antenna on top of the jeep. To go in a parking garage over the weekend I took it off because it hits. Sunday morning back on the road I put the antenna back on and all was well. Got to my destination event and after I came out a few hours later, the antenna was ‘knocked over’ just sitting on the roof and the upper most part of it was missing..apparently unscrewed and no it’s not sitting on top of the jeep. At first I thought maybe I didn’t install it right but c’mon, the magnet is the magnet and it takes a lotta force to remove it and sure enough the magnet did hold firmly when I tried it again. also I thought even if the magnet didn’t hold, I would have heard the thing bouncing ‘all over the roof’ with the turnpike speeds and id think it would not come to rest so ‘perfectly’ on top of the jeep and instead would have fallen down the side of the door where the cable goes inside.
I’m left with the conclusion that some idiot just had to have fun and remove half the antenna to maybe use in his alien costume or something lol.
thankfully it was just a free handmedown but still...i've been all over the place, in big cities, little towns, and this is where it gets stolen..really weird.
when i got home i had my friend sit in the driveway with the 'broken antenna' while i went in the other car in the garage. when they talked into the cb out there, i heard them fine. but they couldnt hear me trying to reach them.
id rather be able to receive than send but still..just wondering if the tip is meant for extra range or what the function is? on the way to work today tried talking several times but no one answered. i did hear some distant chatter but not enough to tell one way or the other what is going on
I’m left with the conclusion that some idiot just had to have fun and remove half the antenna to maybe use in his alien costume or something lol.
thankfully it was just a free handmedown but still...i've been all over the place, in big cities, little towns, and this is where it gets stolen..really weird.
when i got home i had my friend sit in the driveway with the 'broken antenna' while i went in the other car in the garage. when they talked into the cb out there, i heard them fine. but they couldnt hear me trying to reach them.
id rather be able to receive than send but still..just wondering if the tip is meant for extra range or what the function is? on the way to work today tried talking several times but no one answered. i did hear some distant chatter but not enough to tell one way or the other what is going on
the jeep is really not used a lot
