Cascadia Antenna Solutions

In a later post in this thread, I saw where you switched to what looks like an oil filled coil antenna. How is that working for you versus the 7 ft firestick? Also, have you ever tried the mount on the passenger side door?
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I use shrink tubing when I build mine.
Seems to help.
I even compared a stainless 102 vs a shrink tube covered 102 and noticed a difference.
Both 102's were identical except one was covered entirely in shrink tube.
The noise difference between the two antennas was not noticeable with a stock Cobra 148 but was easily noticeable with my Fine-Tuned Magnum S9

 

Mike,
I am still looking for antenna Eutopia on the 2011 Cascadia. After buying Sirio, Francis, and 6 ft Firestick (stable enough with no support on ss bird perch) Have not tuned FS as of yet and seems to be around 2+ swr. Just ordered 6 ft skipshooter will update after install. Have you ever tried mounting antenna on passenger side door?
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I have a better way to isolate, and will post pics soon.

 

Talked to a tech at the cb shop in lake station ia..he sez a 7ft will not tune,5 ft was way better..I snickered especially after tellin me load coil needs to be higher..

 

Rabbi..Did you do the whip as well cause i may try doin my entire predator

 

Not sure what you mean

 

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I'M getting swr's of .25 :1 on channels 1 through 40 consistently.
I'm using Cobra 29LX peaked and tuned. Browning BR29 Antenna on a 2 bolt mirror mount polished not coated for a solid ground. 18 ft. Heavy duty coax cable. Lift hood and run coax thru the fire wall at the passenger side floor. There is a rubber plug that pops out. Cut an x in the center of the plug. Run coax thru that. I'M getting swr so .25:1 on channels 1 through 40 consistently.

 

Rabbi..You said you shrink tubed your ant..Did you do the entire ant,tip to base or just base..
I was wondering if i should spray from static ball to ant base or all the way down to the mount at the mirror..