antennas/antennas/what do you use ???

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One of these up on the stack, but also a couple of penerator 500's and an Avanti Astro plane in reserve for back up
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5 element moxon , but it's coming down as soon as I can sell it .
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Shakie Big Stick... Had it three decades now and does ok for what it is.. Where i live we get hammered by strong Westerlies off the Pennines...
Got another Big Stick for when i go playing wireless hilltopping with my trusted PRC320...worked the world with that setup...
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Homebrew dipole in the loft. Does all i need it to do and it doesn't take a bashing from the elements :)
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superstar wrote:One of these up on the stack, but also a couple of penerator 500's and an Avanti Astro plane in reserve for back up
CLR II has to be one of the best antenna's for CB I have ever used.
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The best 11m antenna I have ever used was a Sirio 2012 at about 20ft, sadly wind wasn't its friend.
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