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Legal CB Antennas per Part 95
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There are no height restrictions for antennas mounted on vehicles or for hand-held devices.
For structures, the highest point of your antenna must not be more than 20 feet above the highest point of the building or tree on which it is mounted, or 60 feet above the ground. There are lower height limits if your antenna structure is located within two miles of an airport.
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Yes, homebrewed DIY antennas work well and are legal.
Now, since CB is NOT Amateur Radio class, due note that HOAs and other rules for your town, region or the like can put a twist in your plans. CB users don't have the protections like Amateur Radio does for putting up antennas. BUT, if you are free form any of those issues, have at it and enjoy!
Yes, Antennas can be home brew with no FCC labeling requirements.
A vertical 1/4 wave wire ground plane works very well on 11 meters. You can make them out of a bulkhead coax connector and 14-12 gauge wire. A local operator near me uses one strung and suspended in a tree and he "gets out" very well.
Methods of construction can be found here if you scroll down a bit on this page:
DIPOLE AND INVERTED V VEE DESIGN AND CALCULATOR
Nifty Antenna Calculator can be found here:
http://www.hamuniverse.com/Antenna Calculator.exe
A vertical 1/4 wave wire ground plane works very well on 11 meters. You can make them out of a bulkhead coax connector and 14-12 gauge wire. A local operator near me uses one strung and suspended in a tree and he "gets out" very well.
Methods of construction can be found here if you scroll down a bit on this page:
DIPOLE AND INVERTED V VEE DESIGN AND CALCULATOR
Nifty Antenna Calculator can be found here:
http://www.hamuniverse.com/Antenna Calculator.exe
I'm aware those. I was thinking a 11 meter floating loop.
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