I ran across one of the long-tall " whip " CB antennas, oft seen in the heyday of CB,
The guy at the garage sale, told me it had been in 4 successive sales, unsold. and since I displayed an interest he gave it to me just to be rid of it..
As I understand, it is a " 1/4 wave " ? unit... Any opinion out there as to how efficient these are / were ?
It only has a wee bit of rust on the mount stud, and where the cable hooks, appears decent..
Is that large spring at the base just for flexibility, or does it serve also as a *loading coil*...
Yep... I am a relative amateur at this stuff
Edit : Pictures of my chopped leads on the CB are pending
The guy at the garage sale, told me it had been in 4 successive sales, unsold. and since I displayed an interest he gave it to me just to be rid of it..
As I understand, it is a " 1/4 wave " ? unit... Any opinion out there as to how efficient these are / were ?
It only has a wee bit of rust on the mount stud, and where the cable hooks, appears decent..
Is that large spring at the base just for flexibility, or does it serve also as a *loading coil*...
Yep... I am a relative amateur at this stuff
Edit : Pictures of my chopped leads on the CB are pending