WHAT SHOULD ONE “WATCH OUT FOR” WHEN ORDERING / BUYING CB RADIO EQUIPMENT ONLINE?
A – There are some things to avoid, that may be unknown to a person “new” to CB. –* First, remember that in most cases it’s mainly the Physical size of the antenna that matters, & don’t get suckered into buying a smaller antenna by some retailer’s or Mfgr’s Advertizing gimmics. Forget Mfgr’s claims of “wavelengths” worth of wire wound into an antenna, “gain” numbers, colors, “catchy names” and the like. There really simply is no practical way, for example, to design a 3ft CB antenna to work consistantly better than a 5 foot CB antenna that is mounted in the same spot, regardless of the brand name, “dB gain”, “loading” or “wavelength” claims of the Mfgr. –* A few CB’s may seem to claim 5, or even “7 watts of output” on the box. This is misleading, it actually refers to the Audio power sent to it’s built in speaker, “input” power, or some other nonesense that has nothing to do with the actual transmit output to the antenna, which is still 4w or less in that radio. In fact, it is usuall
A – There are some things to avoid, that may be unknown to a person “new” to CB. –* First, remember that in most cases it’s mainly the Physical size of the antenna that matters, & don’t get suckered into buying a smaller antenna by some retailer’s or Mfgr’s Advertizing gimmics. Forget Mfgr’s claims of “wavelengths” worth of wire wound into an antenna, “gain” numbers, colors, “catchy names” and the like. There really simply is no practical way, for example, to design a 3ft CB antenna to work consistantly better than a 5 foot CB antenna that is mounted in the same spot, regardless of the brand name, “dB gain”, “loading” or “wavelength” claims of the Mfgr. –* A few CB’s may seem to claim 5, or even “7 watts of output” on the box. This is misleading, it actually refers to the Audio power sent to it’s built in speaker, “input” power, or some other nonesense that has nothing to do with the actual transmit output to the antenna, which is still 4w or less in that radio. In fact, it is usuall
