firestik antenna

Hey i just ordered a 500 watt 5ft firestik antenna for my cobra 19 ultra 3. I talked with someone from cobra and they said it doesnt matter how many watts an antenna is but you need an swr meter to set it up. What if i dont have an swr meter? will it still work?

a legal CB radio puts out 4watts so the general user wont need to worry about the wattage, only those big radio guys with amps and stuff.

but your radio MAY have an SWR meter on it, a lot of galaxys, cobras, unidens, and others have meters built in. each one works a little diffrent, galaxy you can just switch the switch to swr and key up it calibrates it self and your good to go.

to check the swr on any other meter, you need to set some switch to either cal or forward. and you move the calibration knob to the red line on the meter that says "cal." flip the switch down to "ref" and that is your SWR you want an SWR of as close to 1.1 as possible. if its above 1.5 watch it make sure it doesnt climb up, and if its near 2.0 you have problems.... you may damage your radio. i am assuming you have the fiber glass with the cap you take off the top, and turn an Allen key to move a metal bar up and down. to tune it. if its 1.5 or lower you can use these means to tune the antenna nice and low 1.1 or 1.2 if its higher you might have problems with the coax, or a ground problem. if you want more help and more details go to cbradiotalk.com and ask there. or for a much closer personal page, go to www.thecbradio.tk and ask there. or if you can figure out a way to get intouch with me, i can give you little tips and junk....

good luck

2008-11-15 09:48:09 by Marty S

www.rightchannelradios.com The Firestik II CB Antenna, also referred to as the Firestik FS or 2 series, is one of the most popular CB antennas ever!

Anaheim ,i don't think so but at ANY truckstop, BRUCE"S ,T/A,any of these ,if you have a cb just get on 15,17 or 19 and start hollerin' "HEY C.B. SHOP!" if you are near one or near someone that knows where one is they can help you. I used to deliver O.J. from florida to Anaheim and Fullerton all the time and there were no cb shops ,but every truckstop had one -try commerce good luck

2006-11-19 19:31:06 by carson

Price: $27.95 $16.75

I found this old antenna "i think its a CB antenna" it says firestik, it's red and white. on the chevy truck that i use, the am/fm antenna is crappy, really no signal. it's 17 years old. so i was thinking to use this firestik antenna so maybe it would work better.

I doubt it will work CB frequencies are not close to am/fm frequencies. If it does awesome.

2009-05-16 15:04:02 by I bark like a Terrier!

Price: $15.99 $6.99

my question is how do i tune the antenna? is it really that important?

i plan to purchase an swr meter to tune it but is it really gonna make a difference or should i just save my money on buying that meter?

buy the meter or borrow one from someone and get that antenna tuned to 1.5 or less because if you don't you can burn the finals out in the radio plus you won't get out far and hear good with a high SWR.

2007-10-24 15:43:09 by shortstoperic7_2000

http://www.bellscb.com/products/antennas /Firestik/new/Firestik_SS-294A.htm


which other mounts are available without need to drill holes and are easy to install a firestik antenna?

Looks as if the mount link you posted is mounted to the lip on the top side of your pickup. It is a clamp, and probably would be your best bet unless you would like to make a permanent hole in your truck.

2007-05-05 01:44:55 by shortstoperic7_2000