Date:         Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:33:44 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: CB antenna question
Comments: To: adam GROVe <roverini@JUNO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20010713.150308.-108081.0.roverini@juno.com>
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At 03:03 PM 7/13/2001 -0800, adam GROVe wrote:
>HI all, I'm looking to install a CB in my 91 Westy and wonder if anyone
>has tried using the adapter that JC Whitney sells to allow you to use
>your existing antenna as both a CB and regular AM/FM antenna.  I would
>like to not drill a hole in my roof but I need decent CB range up here in
>Alaska.


Adam,
I personally have not used the adaptor, but i don't think it would be a
good idea as the antenna has to be tuned properly for CB antenna use (at
least that's what the dudes at radio shack told me).   Anyways, I made an
antenna for my jetta using an old fly fishing rod, some 8 gauge wire and a
antenna mount like the state police use for their highway cruisers.  if you
have a roofrack, you should just be able to use that, barring the roofrack,
get a gutterclamp and use the right hand side gutter as a mount. it worked
on the van as well as the jetta

good luck.
-sudhir
Sudhir H. Desai desa4622@yahoo.com
ICQ: 8255956            AOLim: rawsuds
1984 Vanagon Z34        1996 Jetta (soon to be race ready)


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