darticus
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Does anyone know if a CB is able to receive and transmit on a Radio Shack Discone antenna? Ron
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CB and Discone Antenna
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The discone is a great RX antenna (So, to speak), but it will most likely not have a good match for TX on 11M.
Do you already have the discone, and is it already up, and installed?
If not, try a wire antenna for 11M, or a 1/4w vertical
Wire antennas are easy peasy to build.I have an RS Discone that works great transmitting on 2 meters, vhf high, and UHF, but we swept it and it drops off fast lower than 2 meters--so as stated it would have a high swr for CB. Not so hot for anything higher either, but I have another ground plane 5/8 gain antenna for 700-800.
I have a 110 watt syntor that I use often on high band (154.xx) between denver & fort collins using the discone; SWR is good and it hasn't melted down yet.
I have a 110 watt syntor that I use often on high band (154.xx) between denver & fort collins using the discone; SWR is good and it hasn't melted down yet.
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