Need an Antenna

[CB RADIO FREQ]

hello everyone i am going camping next weekend and want to take my handheld cb radio, but my problem is that i cant take a full size antenna with a big ground wire and hang it in a tree. So instead i thought of using a telescopic antenna with a loading coil to tune it but i dont know what kind of load to put on it that would compensate for the length and the ground. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

telescopic antenna length= around 3.5 feet

 

[psycho]

hello everyone i am going camping next weekend and want to take my handheld cb radio, but my problem is that i cant take a full size antenna with a big ground wire and hang it in a tree. So instead i thought of using a telescopic antenna with a loading coil to tune it but i dont know what kind of load to put on it that would compensate for the length and the ground. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

telescopic antenna length= around 3.5 feet

When you go camping, leave all the electronic gadgets at home.....it's camping!

 

[222DBFL]

Make yourself a dipole and hang it up between 2 trees. Very simple to make, or very inexpensive to purchase as well. JMO.

 

[CB RADIO FREQ]

i already have made a 1/4 wave dipole but its kind of big so i was trying to make something that would use a telescopic antenna and have no ground plane.

 

[camaro1]

I think I posted this in your other post,, its probly the simplest antenna you can make and actually be usable, camping and no trees to hang something in??

 

[camaro1]

i was trying to make something that would use a telescopic antenna and have no ground plane.

your only making 1/2 an antenna and it isn't going to work very well at all, unless your only trying to talk local a couple blocks around the campground

 

[space cowboy]

FireStik IBA-5 50 Inch Indoor CB Base Antenna - Firestik CB Antennas - By Brand - CB Antenna -

just don't forget the adapter.

 

[ND88]

108" whip or a Wilson 1000 on your pickup.