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Most questions have been answered well, but the best answer to this question is "yes", and by "yes" I mean all of the options you listed and more. Another, better answer is "it depends".

Some people like one type of antenna over another. Others use multiple different types, from verticals to horizontal beams. Sometimes conditions favor one over the other, sometimes it ends up being the other way around, and sometimes conditions can change from one to the other as you are using them. There is no one best antenna that will always be the best antenna in every circumstance. There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of setup to consider. For example, a horizontal antenna has an advantage of lessening the impact of local cb traffic on your attempts to dx, an usually has less noise to boot. However, if you want to talk to that local on a base with a vertical antenna 50 miles away it also isn't going to happen, especially if that base is on the axis of the horizontal antenna.

The best thing to do to determine which antenna is right for you is ask questions, then more questions. Ask people who have used not only multiple antennas, but multiple types of antennas to compare them for you. Find out what they liked and didn't like from each one.

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<blockquote data-quote="The DB" data-source="post: 407446" data-attributes="member: 21346">Most questions have been answered well, but the best answer to this question is &quot;yes&quot;, and by &quot;yes&quot; I mean all of the options you listed and more.&nbsp; Another, better answer is &quot;it depends&quot;.Some people like one type of antenna over another.&nbsp; Others use multiple different types, from verticals to horizontal beams.&nbsp; Sometimes conditions favor one over the other, sometimes it ends up being the other way around, and sometimes conditions can change from one to the other as you are using them.&nbsp; There is no one best antenna that will always be the best antenna in every circumstance.&nbsp; There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of setup to consider.&nbsp; For example, a horizontal antenna has an advantage of lessening the impact of local cb traffic on your attempts to dx, an usually has less noise to boot.&nbsp; However, if you want to talk to that local on a base with a vertical antenna 50 miles away it also isn&#039;t going to happen, especially if that base is on the axis of the horizontal antenna.The best thing to do to determine which antenna is right for you is ask questions, then more questions.&nbsp; Ask people who have used not only multiple antennas, but multiple types of antennas to compare them for you.&nbsp; Find out what they liked and didn&#039;t like from each one.<a href="http://hittman.us" target="_blank">The DB</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="The DB, post: 407446, member: 21346"] Most questions have been answered well, but the best answer to this question is "yes", and by "yes" I mean all of the options you listed and more. Another, better answer is "it depends". Some people like one type of antenna over another. Others use multiple different types, from verticals to horizontal beams. Sometimes conditions favor one over the other, sometimes it ends up being the other way around, and sometimes conditions can change from one to the other as you are using them. There is no one best antenna that will always be the best antenna in every circumstance. There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of setup to consider. For example, a horizontal antenna has an advantage of lessening the impact of local cb traffic on your attempts to dx, an usually has less noise to boot. However, if you want to talk to that local on a base with a vertical antenna 50 miles away it also isn't going to happen, especially if that base is on the axis of the horizontal antenna. The best thing to do to determine which antenna is right for you is ask questions, then more questions. Ask people who have used not only multiple antennas, but multiple types of antennas to compare them for you. Find out what they liked and didn't like from each one. [URL="http://hittman.us"][COLOR="Black"]The DB[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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