Attic Cb Antenna

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Attic cb antenna.

This worked pretty good though it was tough to get the swr down below 2 5 1. Discussion in cb antennas started by superdave dec 26 2018. The first inside antenna attempt was an 18 fiberglass base station antenna suspended horizontally from the wood trusses inside the attic. The best attic antenna performs equally well inside and outside able to pick up a quality signal from a great range and lets you enjoy quality tv entertainment without paying a cable subscription.

After attending college getting married and moving into a small basement apartment the cb bug really bit me again. An attic antenna is any tv antenna that you can install in your attic. Radiant barrier and attic antennas. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next superdave active member.

I pulled out my old realistic trc 434 40 channel am base station. I understand that it is a compromise to put a 27 mhz antenna inside but i want to make the most of this and i need a recommendation for a good antenna that can resonate on 27 mhz while installed in an attic. When the firestik iba 5 is completely set up it stands just over 5 tall has four 30 radials and includes 18 of fire flex coax cable. Cut an 18 5 foot piece of wire deliberately long to account for effects of environment cut again in the middle yielding two 9 25 foot wires soldered each piece to the center and shield respectively of rg 58 coax.

It is made to be hung in the rafters or from the ceilings. Product description this is an indoor outdoor apartment house condo attic or garage cb citizens band radio transmitting antenna. Or outside on the roof or between 2 trees or the side of a wall or whatever you can imagine. So to construct my cb radio dipole antenna i.

It will now handle up to 2400 watts pep and comes pretuned. This base antenna can be set up inside a home or apartment or on a job site. I normally hang out on 28 076 mhz which is the jt65 digital portion of the 10 meter ham band. The antenna is mounted on a 20 foot pipe above a couple of scanning antennas.

I was 16 years old at the time. It s also useful to hunters campers or explorers who want to set up a temporary base cb station in a mobile camper or campsite. My first cb antenna was a antron 99 which i haphazardly mounted on top of a 75 foot cedar tree after making a death defying climb. I have the opportunity to put a few antennas set up in the attic including a cb one can t install on the roof as its too dangerous.