I must be nuts.

Definitely don't cut your whip until after the shaft is replaced and you check the match. You might find the whip requires no cutting at all.

 

Did Circuitmaster cb shop go out of business upstairs in Bosselmans?

 

I could stick that antenna on the roof of my Chevy Tahoe and add 12 inches of shaft to it and the SWR should not change at all. I suspect it will be slightly similar on your truck as well.

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Not to mention the fact that if you go with a 45" shaft and don't adjust the whip length you'd have to tilt it so far forward you could joust with it.

 

Hey volvo is there a cb shop inside pilot at Grand Island? There used to be a couple years ago but last time I was there the room upstairs that he was in was empty.