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Ultrashock
05-18-2006, 11:31 AM
I have a cb radio in my truck and lost the antenna offroading. I thought the antenna didnt work anyway (turns out I just didnt have a speaker connected to the radio). It was an antenna that went through the glass. If I were to get cheapo one from radio shack that goes through the glass would I need to have it tuned? Or are most antennas tuned in the first place

curtis73
05-18-2006, 01:18 PM
At that level of performance, I don't think you'll be able to tune an antenna very well. You won't be able to get close to a 1.0 standing wave so I'd skip the tuning part

I say put it on and run it. If your TX meter pegs when you key the mic, I'd look at maybe tuning it.

motormayhem
08-06-2009, 12:26 AM
To tune it you need an swr meter.

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