Re: [VAL] CB channel while traveling is ?

[Rick Kunath <k9ao@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

If you'd like some professional advice from a radio (Federally licensed 
radio communications) engineer, either email me off-list if you feel the 
discussion may get too technical for the list, or follow-up on-list, and 
I'll give you the basics of how these antennas work and what they need 
to see mount, feedline, mounting surface, and ground-plane wise to have 
a reasonable pattern and acceptable performance.

Keep in mind that almost any wrong installation can be made to work, but 
getting good performance requires a bit of planning. And you're on the 
right road to that. "Properly" is a subjective term. Let me know how 
well you want these antennas to work, and if you are hoping to get the 
maximum performance out of them. If not, what amount of degradation are 
you willing to suffer?

Let me know what the manufacturer and model numbers of the antennas are 
that you purchased and I'll take a look at the design and specifications 
and make some environmental determinations we can then discuss. You 
might also let me know what equipment you plan to use to feed these 
antennas.

Rick Kunath
WBCCI #3060