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Crackshot
Member
Username: Crackshot
Post Number: 59
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 9:01 am: | 
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I have seen these types before on vehicles.
Do they really work and what power are they rated for? |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 384
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:34 am: |
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I THINK THEY ARE GOOD FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE , PROBABLY 4 WATTS |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 563
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:14 am: |
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They don't work well... I have had 2 different brands and both.. Well.. did not work so well. You'd be better off yelling out the window 
It took a lot of gall for me to drill into a new sporty car, but I found a hatch mount bracket that is fairly tasetful. What kind of vehicle?
I decided to do the install on the new car after seeing a fleet of newer vettes flying down the road all with CB antenna's on them, and they weren't mag mounts
Chad |
Hollowpoint445
Advanced Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 893
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 4:34 pm: |
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Whoa - where were the antennas mounted on the Corvettes? With a fiberglass body getting a decent ground is pretty hard. |
Crackshot
Member
Username: Crackshot
Post Number: 60
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 6:34 pm: |
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I have a 4 foot firestick. I am mounting it on wifes SUV. I just have to figure out a tasteful place to mount and think I will go with a type that mounts in gap between hood and fender.
Wife does not know it yet, but will wait to put in magnum 257 when they are available! |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 565
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 8:28 pm: |
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They has a thick'ol steel plate about 3" wide coming out from the rear at the bottom. 2 were centered between the pipes and one was off to the drivers side. I tried to snap a pic but was too late
I doubt they performed that great but they were traveling in a pack and close. I just admired the ca-honeys to put a CB antenna on a vette
Chad |
Hollowpoint445
Advanced Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 895
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 9:17 pm: |
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Rock on! The only time I ever saw a CB antenna on a Corvette was in a book, and it was a Hustler "no-ground" whip like those used on boats mounted on the trunk lip. |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 566
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:00 pm: |
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It was a fiberglass antenna, it MAY have been a "no ground" type |
