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Ashton

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Post by Ashton »

just purchased a cobra mod 139 base and I live in a apartment on the second floor with a balcony. I need a antenna what do you recomend?
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THUMPER

#34658

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humm! well what kind you want big small ? what can you have do you have to keep it out of eye site?
the base saturn is small or get the 12 foot a99 i think it is called the patriot
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Mr RadioActive

#34660

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Agreed!
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Ashton

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#34682

Post by Ashton »

THUMPER wrote:humm! well what kind you want big small ? what can you have do you have to keep it out of eye site?
the base saturn is small or get the 12 foot a99 i think it is called the patriot
I wanted something that I would get good coverage with just cant have anything permently attached to the balcony
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THUMPER

#34683

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try the 12 foot patriot
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Ashton

Help needed

#34685

Post by Ashton »

[What do you think about The FireStik IBA-5 Indoor CB base antenna? It sounds pretty good
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BigBopper

#34687

Post by BigBopper »

not that bad, it will work,,,but of course not as good as a tower and antenna,,,,LOL,,,,they use to make an indoor antenna called a pigeon,,,,,,showing my age again ,,,LOL the firestik cost about $52 on the web
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Ashton

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BigBopper wrote:not that bad, it will work,,,but of course not as good as a tower and antenna,,,,LOL,,,,they use to make an indoor antenna called a pigeon,,,,,,showing my age again ,,,LOL the firestik cost about $52 on the web
Thanks I think I will try one out and see how it works! I was thinking about sitting it outside on my balcony it would probably work better than inside
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THUMPER

#34690

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you maybe better off by running a dio pole type antenna
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Ashton

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THUMPER wrote:you maybe better off by running a dio pole type antenna
I ordered one of the indoor atennas today !
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Ashton

help needed

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THUMPER wrote:you maybe better off by running a dio pole type antenna
Ill try one of those out also!
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hotrod459magnolia

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Post by hotrod459magnolia »

when i i first started on the cb radio i had a 8 foot francise whip as my base antenna and worked great i even talked skip from everywhere so a mobile ant will work.
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Ashton

help needed

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hotrod459magnolia wrote:when i i first started on the cb radio i had a 8 foot francise whip as my base antenna and worked great i even talked skip from everywhere so a mobile ant will work.

I was thinking about trying that also
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troy

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HEY IF THIS GUY HAS METAL FRAME RAILLINGS.. COULDNT HE JUST MOUNT A MIRROR MOUNT BRACKET TO IT & RUN A 102'' WHIP ANT? I JUST STUCK A 20.00 MAG MOUNT ANT TO MY 10 BY 14 METAL SHED & IT GOT OUT SUPER. TO MY SURPRISE. WELL WHATEVER HE DOES HE MAY WANT TO HAVE IT EASY TO TAKE DOWN IN JIFFY, IF THE TV'S IN OTHER APARTMENTS START TO GO SCREWY.. :lol:
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Ashton

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troy wrote:HEY IF THIS GUY HAS METAL FRAME RAILLINGS.. COULDNT HE JUST MOUNT A MIRROR MOUNT BRACKET TO IT & RUN A 102'' WHIP ANT? I JUST STUCK A 20.00 MAG MOUNT ANT TO MY 10 BY 14 METAL SHED & IT GOT OUT SUPER. TO MY SURPRISE. WELL WHATEVER HE DOES HE MAY WANT TO HAVE IT EASY TO TAKE DOWN IN JIFFY, IF THE TV'S IN OTHER APARTMENTS START TO GO SCREWY.. :lol:
My balcony is made of wood! but I have a wood post in a plastic bucket of cement that I had my Sat dish in. Was thinking of mounting a antenna on that
they are funny were Iam at nothing can be permently attached to the balcony
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troy

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A WOOD POST IN A BUCKET OF CEMENT?? DAMN I CANT STOP LAUGHING.LOL. :lol: DONT MEAN TO OFFEND. THAT JUST SOUNDS FUNNY.. LMAO.. I'M NOT SURE , BUT I THINK YA WOULD NEED A GOOD GROUND FOR ANTENNA TO WORK. ..HECK DO WHAT I DO... EXPERIMENT..LOL. EXCEPT I DONT THINK THE COAT HANGER WILL WORK AS WELL AS IT DID IN OUR T.V. SETS, YEARS & I MEAN YEARS AGO.. NOW DONT TELL ME NONE OF YOU HERE REMEMBER THAT!!! I'M NOT THE ONLY OLDIE BUT GOODIE HERE... LOL. I WISH I COULD BE OF MORE HELP TO YA.
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DAYDREAMER

#34777

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Coat hangers, balls of tin foil.......................... Who'd of thunk it. It worked! The old adage, "Necessity is the mother of Invention" applies to everything including Radio antennas.
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Ashton

Help needed

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troy wrote:A WOOD POST IN A BUCKET OF CEMENT?? DAMN I CANT STOP LAUGHING.LOL. :lol: DONT MEAN TO OFFEND. THAT JUST SOUNDS FUNNY.. LMAO.. I'M NOT SURE , BUT I THINK YA WOULD NEED A GOOD GROUND FOR ANTENNA TO WORK. ..HECK DO WHAT I DO... EXPERIMENT..LOL. EXCEPT I DONT THINK THE COAT HANGER WILL WORK AS WELL AS IT DID IN OUR T.V. SETS, YEARS & I MEAN YEARS AGO.. NOW DONT TELL ME NONE OF YOU HERE REMEMBER THAT!!! I'M NOT THE ONLY OLDIE BUT GOODIE HERE... LOL. I WISH I COULD BE OF MORE HELP TO YA.
There are alot of people living in apartment using the cement in a plastic bucket setup. it the only way most apartments will alow renters to have a sat dish. I nolonger have sat service but my dish is still up except the receiver head which I sent back. But what is left is all metal with a nice metal fitting that the sat dish head hooked up to which I could use as a bracket to attach a antenna to.
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troy

#34782

Post by troy »

wow! never would of guessed.. ya learn something new everyday...
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Ashton

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Post by Ashton »

hotrod459magnolia wrote:when i i first started on the cb radio i had a 8 foot francise whip as my base antenna and worked great i even talked skip from everywhere so a mobile ant will work.

right now I am going to be using my wilson 5000 but my net one will be a
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Looney

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cool
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