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Life Style · 12-09-2013, 11:09 AM

Have 2007 Dynasty with subject antenna made by Firestick. Performance has always been very poor even after Firestick adjusted it. I would like to install a standard Firestick. Having problem locating CB cable from the interior side of roof. Has anyone converted to a better quality antenna?

Robi.1014 · 12-09-2013, 12:43 PM

LS,
CB radio (running at 27 mhz) needs an antenna longer than a "whip" of just a few inches. A "better quality" antenna is mostly a function of its length. This is why you see several FIRESTICK antennas in the range of 4' in length.

To have better-range CB reception, purchase a 30" or longer antenna and mount it vertically just outside your driver-side location. Do not cut/splice the cable that comes with that antenna as the whole thing (cable and antenna) are "tuned" together.

Life Style · 12-09-2013, 02:55 PM

Robi 1041

I, very much agree with you. Do you know if it is possible to thread new antenna cable to radio. I am lost as to finding a way of getting cable to radio from outside of RV.
Thank you for responding.
Life Style.

Robi.1014 · 12-09-2013, 09:03 PM

Cutting a pre-made antenna cable and re-soldering the connector that you just removed isn't a sin. Losing about 1 or 2 inches of the antenna's pre-made cable will have some signal transmit effect, but the receive side mostly won't care. So with a connector removed, drilling needed 1/4" holes (in your rig's flooring and/or in your rig's external fiberglass) gets the cable from inside to outside.