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Re: CB Antenna mount vs. stealth
At 04:44 PM 08/14/1999 EDT, Cynic44642@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 08/14/1999 02:23:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>dhandas@cwixmail.com writes:
>
>> why not just get a Cell-look-a-like antenna?
>> I had this idea for mounting the antenna, which would degrade its
>> performance, but I'm wondering how badly. Anyone out there with experience
>> care to share?
>>
>> My idea was to paint the antenna body color, and run it along the
passenger
>> side rocker panel. Depending on how long it is, I was even thinking of
>> painting black & silver patches on it to line up with the rear wheel, so
>you
>> really wouldn't see it unless you were looking for it.
>>
>> So, I have two questions -
>>
>> 1) Anyone have any idea how much this would impact range & signal clarity?
>> 2) What experience do others have w/ CB antennae impacting stealth?
>>
>This is going back a few years when I was still active in amateur radio, but
>I have a faint recollection that a windshield antenna was available at one
>time...
Yes. Radio Shack has such an antenna available now. However, the cell
phone antenna on my car occupies the only heating element or FM antenna
free space on the rear window sufficiently large to mount such an antenna.
I use a 5/8 wave mast antenna attached to the driver's side of the trunk
lid. It would be better to be at the center of the lid but it (the trunk
lid) opens too far and the antenna *seriously* hits the car roof when the
trunk is open. The antenna I'm using will also contact the side of the car
when the trunk is open. A length of plastic aquarium tubing installed
around the metallic antenna itself serves well to prevent paint abrasion
here and does not noticeably degrade CB performance.
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Bob
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