CB Antenna

[ehearl]

OK i dont know jack about Cbs except you push the button to talk I have a cobra 25 that it seemed like no one could here me talking so I just ordered a new cobra 29 I currently have the stock antennas on my international I want to get a new antenna but dont have a clue what to get so if someone could please give me some recomendations Id appreciate it and I dont want to spend a fortune so Im gonna try to find one on ebay thanks in adavance for your help

[thetez]

youd be better off getting an antenna at a store youll probably save, i know wilson silverloads are great antennas and are tunable tip, (the cobra 29 has a meter so you can tune it yourself) and costs about 20 bucks, probably a lot better than you can get online after shipping. lots of people like the wilson 1k and 2k's

[ehearl]

what length would i need i see they have a 2ft 3ft and 4 ft on the silver load

[thetez]

id go with longer,so 4' always easier to tune as well as longer is better

[panhandlepat]

the francis 4.5 foot is a good CHEAP antenna. 20 bucks no tuning required.
]the 5.5 ft is good but i found i could hear further than i could talk.

[thetez]

no tuning required.... all antennas should be tuned to the specific vehicle they are going to be on. no tunable tip maybe? or preset? those don mean no tuning required

[ehearl]

Ok as i stated before I dont know crap about cbs but I just put a 4ft francis on my truck only had 12ft of coax im gonna get 18 ft when i go back out I hooked it up to my cobra 25 when I turn it on I get alot of static in order to get rid of the static I have to turn my rf gain to where the knob is almost straight up almost half way i guess now when it was hooked to the factory antenna I could leave the rf gain all the way open and wouldnt get any static so how is it supposed be?

[squirrellsgnwild]

You might need to ground your antenna!