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Hoskinmage
Member
Username: Hoskinmage
Post Number: 60
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 6:33 pm: | 
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I was just wondering what is the actual difference between 1/4,1/2 and the others wave lengths on a cb antennas and there different band use |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 2321
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 4:30 pm: |
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Gain on the horizon. A 1/4 wave has less gain than a half wave. A half wave has less gain than a 5/8 wave.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 2189
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 6:30 pm: |
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1/4 wave has the highest angle of radation good for dx . no matching device required.simple low cost antenna that works good.
1/2 wave slightlu lower angle of radation.but has matching device and maybe a tiny bit of loss in it
5/8 wave lowest angle of radation best for long ground wave talking 50 plus miles. as tech 833 said the 1/4 wave has less gain then other two
but in a few instances it MAY work best.
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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