CB Radio to Antenna Hookup..?

The is CB forum here, some if those guys are wizards with such things, try posting there

 

A cheap Antenna is a very bad start. Anyway, your missing the mount where you connect the antenna to and the coax

 

For a tough and durable mobile cb antenna, I used this hustler antenna.

FG27S - Hustler Steel Center Load CB Antenna

It was reasonably priced and it takes a beating. Everyday I drove several times over a rough railroad track and on dirt roads to get to the shop. I think it was around 8 years before it broke off due to abuse. Seems like the Frances antennas lasted a year, and I tried a skinny more flexible antenna, and it broke in two days.
I don't recommend anything shorter than 4 foot long for a mobile antenna, the shorter antennas just don't work as good. Also a good antenna system is key to a good radio station whether it's mobile or base. Use good quality coax too. Don't use a bunch of connectors, they work loose and cause problems. Just keep it simple.

Also I recommend anyone who uses a cb radio to buy a good external SWR meter, don't rely on the built in swr feature of the radio, if equipped. Especially the cobra 29s, they are very unreliable.

 

IT will look like a barrel connector 1/4x20 threads on it, with a insulator to keep the center conductor from shorting out your radio. The antenna really only has a electrical connection to the center conductor not the shield, the shield is grounded on both ends ideally. The 1/4x20 mounting bolt (so239 on cable side goes thru a insulator, the mounting bracket has a hole big enough for the should of the insulator to not ground out.

 

The antenna cable sholud terminate in a pl259 w/ UG175 Rg58 adapter.
UG175 PL259
If you still need this info, hope it help. The CB radio forum on here is good.

 

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Just showing him an example of what connects to the antenna & cable. Your probably right on the mount needing a mount. Same mount just with a mirror adapter.