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Subject:Re: C.B. ant. mount
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 20 Feb 2000 09:03:04 -0500

At 08:46 AM 2/20/2000 , LAWS HOME wrote:
>, it has a splitter and hooks up to 2 different antennas. Get a good "loaded
>" gutter mount antenna ,

I use a Radio Shack *folding* gutter mount but unfortunately they don't
make it anymore and I haven't found anyone else who does either.  But if
you can find one it's a marvelous arrangement b/c you can fold it down just
by reaching through the window.

>  match it to your CB and then see what kind of
>reception it gets for your am/fm, it may be acceptable to you, it just may
>not "hold" stations as long thats all!   My .02 Tom

Er...wouldn't you still need a splitter for the regular radio?  Or are the
broadcast freqs so far away that the input stage won't even notice 4 watts
of RF rolling by from the CB?  I should think it would smoke...

david
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