DVINTHEHOUSEMAN
Up North
I'm relatively new to trying to set up a CB radio rig, I found an old Robyn T-123B out in my garage a while ago but didn't find any sort of antenna, just a piece of coax with a standard PL-259/SO-239 connector on one end and bare wire on the other. It's been sitting inside my house for the better part of 10 years now and I haven't really used it all that much besides turning on to see if it would spring to life. All I heard was static because well, no antenna.
I bought a Radio shack handheld CB a little while ago and I put the piece of coax onto the Robyn and it seems like it functions correctly, I got receive on my Robyn from my Radio shack and vice versa. Sounded ok so I assume everything's working inside, it's still on frequency, and whatnot, and that got me thinking about using it instead of looking pretty in my closet. I have a TV antenna outside my house that's probably 15 feet off the ground and I rarely use it, so I was thinking about taking that antenna down and putting up a CB antenna. I know you need to adjust the antenna somewhat to get a low SWR but other than that it should be plug and play, provided everything fits right. I don't know if a mobile antenna like a Skip shooter would work very well as a base station antenna.
What are some good antennas for a base station? Would a mobile antenna be adequate if it's mounted up high like that? What kind of sacrifice is my wallet looking at for a decent range antenna?
KGS-1483 wavin'
I bought a Radio shack handheld CB a little while ago and I put the piece of coax onto the Robyn and it seems like it functions correctly, I got receive on my Robyn from my Radio shack and vice versa. Sounded ok so I assume everything's working inside, it's still on frequency, and whatnot, and that got me thinking about using it instead of looking pretty in my closet. I have a TV antenna outside my house that's probably 15 feet off the ground and I rarely use it, so I was thinking about taking that antenna down and putting up a CB antenna. I know you need to adjust the antenna somewhat to get a low SWR but other than that it should be plug and play, provided everything fits right. I don't know if a mobile antenna like a Skip shooter would work very well as a base station antenna.
What are some good antennas for a base station? Would a mobile antenna be adequate if it's mounted up high like that? What kind of sacrifice is my wallet looking at for a decent range antenna?
KGS-1483 wavin'