What are truly the best CB Radio Antennas you can buy or build?
AAH, There are a zillion of them! Lots of manufacturers and even more misinformation about them. How could you possibly choose? Well lets break it down to what CB radio really is. CB Radio is the 11 meter band. It is only a very small slice of frequency mostly in the lower 27 mhz area. So why are there so many antenna choices? Well this is of course to make you spend money on XYZ's new antenna. They promise its different then the new super antenna they came out with last year!
CB Radio antennas can be broken down into two segments... Base and Mobile. Period. You only need to know whats a good mobile antenna and whats a good base antenna. Like I said CB Radio is a very small slice of the radio spectrum. It should NOT have this many variations in design, and so many cockamainy attempts at extracting money from your wallet.
Unfortunately most CB Radio information comes from companies trying to sell you CB radios and C B Antennas. (all of it filled with misinformation) The other bit of information you get is on forums worldwide or otherwise that have so-called experts all claiming to know everything thats ever been taught to know about antennas. These experts (most of whom have never passed a 35 question multiple choice test since high school, nevermind a tech exam) usually do not have any amateur radio license. I am here to tell you that, you do not have to become an Expert Class amateur radio operator to understand antennas. BUT you should not be listening to people on forums who have ZERO experience learning, modeling or building ANY antennas. Many recommend antennas that they have based on conversations they had with the CB radio store or manufacturer, and now have made a new friend, so therefore they are now an expert.
You would think I have a beef with someone, but I really don't. If you troll the CB radio forums this is very plainly obvious whats happening. Don't be sucked in. Learn about antennas yourself, read a real antenna book (god forbid), and talk with lots of amateur radio operators...REAL amateur radio operators not CB Radio Antenna"experts".
What do you need for a CB base antenna and a CB mobile antenna?
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