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General Mobile CB antenna advice and troubleshooting
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Pig_Pen
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Is it possible to hook a CB up to my cars old boot mounted telephone ariel? Im not too keen on my car looking like a Radio Controlled car.
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Hi,

Unfortunately not, the telephone antenna would be tuned to a completely different frequency and it would probably damage the cb if you tried to use it.

You dont have to have a massive antenna on your CB anymore though. We do antennas that are only 2 feet long now.

Andy :wink:
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Nooooooooo! SOmething wil fry :?
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I use a 3ft silver srpinger on my brothers Corsa C VIA a mag mount!

I also use my 7ft SIRIO HY-POWER 3000 on my brothers Corsa C!

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Hah, I have a full-on five-ish foot steel whip on my Dad's old golf... who cares :P
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Any pics of it?

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I'll take one sometime... need to tinker with the car first
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