Just curious how yall tie down your whip antennas for your CB without messing up the tuning..

 

hehe

ziptied mine to my roof rack


but its not hooked up yet either

 

Tying it down messes up the tuning temporarily, because the antenna is no longer aerial. However, for temporary storage or to get it out of the way of drive-thru's/parking garages, I just used a simple short bunjee cord attached to the front tie ring to keep it down.

 

I do occasional highway driving, and don't exactly wanna **** anyone off with it..

Does it work better tied down or straight up?

Assuming it is tuned.

 

straight up...thats the way it should have been when the SWR's were set.

 

do it like the army does on the back of there hummers

 

I bought a clip especially for that purpose off eBay. It was a military surplus item.

 

i ment to get one of those

how does it work for you?

 

It work real well. Only cost me about seven dollars shipped from ebay and they hold a coat of paint very well.

 

Travis, is this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/USGI-...spagenameZWD1V

What you have?

 

That's the one! I think I'm gonna remove the rope and rivet/screw it to my roof rack for my 102" whip. Yeah, I still got it and it's going on the new truck =]

 

I have a Radio Shack CB I have never hooked up, but now that I have a plan to mount it, I need to figure out an antenna. I'm thinking of one of the monster 102" but wondered if I would be better off with something a wee bit shorter.

Anyone with ideas?

 

I'd go with a lil three foot fiberglass stick if I were you.

 

Guess I need to hit up Radio Shack...and figure out where to mount it.

 

4" Firestik is what I have.

 

i have a 4ft fiberglass one with one of the turck mirror mounting brackets on my tool box, and a 10ft antenna spring it still stands straight despite trees and drive thrus lol

my friends have 102" ones, they have just bent over and looks retarded

where can u get a 102" fiberglass one?

 

lmao, special order?

 

i have a 102" whip and it hasnt bent at all even after it flew up in the parking garage with a 7.5ft clearance

 

go for the 3ft firestick it works great with my set up.

 

Wow im surprised no one has any magnetic mounts.. I use a lil wilson magnetic mount whip antenna. Its great. I just hide it behind my seat when im not using it and when I do use it i put it up top.

No scratches on the roof either, you just have to be carefull how you put it on and take it off.

 

my problem with mag mounts is that I wheel my truck and the first tree i come with in 3 feet of...bye bye antenna.