Best cb antenna

How so and be as detailed as possible with the detals..
Did you only swap ant or did you do other stuff all at same time..
Woulda picked up a 102 when at a cb shop a lil north of charlotte on monday but they didnt have any..

 

Lol. I told you how I did it. Read my email. Hahaha (Its Mike btw)

 

I dont have one right now, but I can take a few pics of the setup when I get back to the truck (but that wont be until Monday).

 

Volvo244t ran a 102" with a 6" solid extension and it worked well he said. There was a picture of it on here somewhere. Probably in that long thread I started about the Cascadia. According to Ray in W. Memphis, he used a 7' SkipShooter to win key down contests back in the day, over the 102" steel whip. That was back when the Steel Whip was King. I don't remember the technical reasons he attributed to this success with the SkipShooter. The SkipShooter originated in Southhaven, MS or (Memphis). I'd say Ray had a big part in the success of that antenna. I never had much luck with Firestick antennas, but I can't say that was the antennas fault. I think my mounting locations, etc were more to blame.

 

I know what you did but for others that are surfing for ideas..Yes mike i knew it was you..

 

Im dieing to try somethin i saw on youtube.....A fella mounted a 12" riser with a 102".....
The 102 gets the very bottom cut off(part with the 3/8 threaded portion on it)and then slides down into the 12" riser like the top mast of a big coil ant..Finally you install on your ant bracket like any ant and now ya tune as you need..I think it will allow more freq range use on these 10/11 m radios..
Only draw back is that they will be a good bit more flimsy than the 6' 7' firesticks n skip shooters...
Thats what you worry about later..

 

When I go for some home time, I'm going to order the 7" riser (unless I can find the 10"). I'm still trying to figure out a solution for the flimsiness.

 

I'm running a solid 5" stainless extension on mine as well. So far, it has outperformed the 7' firestik. I wouldn't mind trying a skip shooter tho, but I heard they are a little more flimsier than a firestik.

 

Im thinkin the smallest inside diameter water pipe you can get and spray a lil expansion foam inside..Same idea im useing now..

 

Orrr a small wooden/plastic like dowel and heat shrinkit to ant
Just spit ballin ideas..