Cascadia Antenna Solutions

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by mike5511, Apr 30, 2014.

  1. bored silly

    bored silly Road Train Member

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    crapcadia ultra man......oooh I got a new name for it....
     
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  3. rabbiporkchop

    rabbiporkchop Road Train Member

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    That "Keydown" antenna is only half an antenna. The negative half must be able to handle the same amount of power.
     
  4. rabbiporkchop

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    Short of running a two element phased verticle dipole array from the rear of the truck, I would probably build a single dipole out of one of these.
     
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  5. rabbiporkchop

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    If you're getting 35 miles out of a Cascadia you're doing better than most.
     
    bored silly Thanks this.
  6. bored silly

    bored silly Road Train Member

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    why did i know you were going to say that !!!
     
  7. bored silly

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    well theres no fiberglass antenna thats going to work then.... a 7ft. firestik is rated at 1000 watts.I dunno I'm getting a headache I need a bottle of jack and some valium or xanax think it's the same thing nowadays I still dunno....
     
  8. rabbiporkchop

    rabbiporkchop Road Train Member

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    Upside down Wilson 5k would work fine. Needs to be tuned first though
     
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  9. bored silly

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    yeah I was just looking at one... what your physic too...lol
     
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    How do u tune the upside down ant..So much changes when you try an tune an uprite ant and then add lean on it..
     
  11. bored silly

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    depends on what radio I'm running and many other things.
     
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