Purchasing Cobra 29 LX Digital need antenna recommendations please.

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Bigfoot_Trucking, Jul 12, 2012.

  1. 555 BigHorn Mobile

    555 BigHorn Mobile Bobtail Member

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    best location for any antenna will be high and on a flat surface like the top of cab
    you said a solid mount then you stated a 4 or 5 foot fiberglass antenna would work
    102 may be a bit long for you to run
    so i would go with a puck mount and a 17 inch shaft Predator 10K
    with that puck mounted just in front of the brakelight
    with some lmr 240 coax
    this setup may be a little extreme for what you want to do
    but hey why not do it right the first time then go back and spend more money
     
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  3. Bigfoot_Trucking

    Bigfoot_Trucking Light Load Member

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    I ordered a 4' Firestik and a fender mount. So we'll start with that and see what happens. Thanks for all the replies.

    Scott
     
  4. mike5511

    mike5511 Road Train Member

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    I always hate to go below 5ft, 4.5 at the least, 5.5 is ideal, but I've seen some 4ft set ups that work pretty good. Good luck!
     
  5. Old_School1

    Old_School1 Light Load Member

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    I have the fender mount on my Durango with a 2000 trucker and have the SWR's matched at 1.1:1 also, my father has the fender mount on his ram with a trucker 2000 with the same SWR's as me. We both ordered the ram kit from right channel radios, comes with mini-8 coax... just make sure the kit is for 04+ rams as the kit for 94-03 will not work on yours... HTH
     
  6. Old_School1

    Old_School1 Light Load Member

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    Make sure you don't tighten that stud down to tight, them right angle stubs like that one are just pressed together and break easy. I recommend the fire ring setup
     
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