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VHF vs CB Antenna?
On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 4:47:49 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/27/2018 5:22 PM, wrote: I have a uniden CB radio (new) and have an existing larsen wb vhf radio already on my truck. Will this antenna work with my new radio. Derek Can't determine without knowing what freq range the truck antenna is "cut" for. There are two VHF bands, low-band VHF (49-108 MHz), high-band VHF (169-216 MHz). Marine radios operate in the high band. Generally it will receive ok but transmit range may be limited due to high standing wave ratio (SWR). Even a marine VHF antenna should be tweaked in terms of length to minimize SWR in the middle of the radio's freq range. I remember in the 'craze' the SWR meter was pretty popular, where you could tune a potentiometer to match the antennae to the radio for maximum efficiency. |
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