Question by Help Me: Is it possible to put a cb radio antenne into a radio jack in a car?
I have a Jeep Commander 2007. I was wondering if it is possible to somehow have my radio setup rewired to just a simple windshield mount inside my car and wire my cb radio to connect to the old radio antenne jack outside the car and put a cb radio antenne in the radio antenne plug outside the car. If so where could I find out how to do this and the things that i need to make an adaption like that. thanks.
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Answer by Socrates
Possible? Yes. Good idea? No. You will ruin your CB and your signal will be lousy. You must use an antenna designed for CBs. Now, there are windshield mount antennas for CB. With these type of antennas the antenna portion is affixed to the glass. The feed for the antenna is affixed on the other side of the glass. These work unless you have heating wire or AM/FM antenna in the glass between or real near the CB antenna.
If you want a decent antenna, put a 102″ whip on the left or right rear. Jeeps look cool with those. You could also put a bumper mount antenna on. Various types of loaded (shortened) antennas can be mounted on top. Mag-mount antennas have magnets in the base. You can slap them on and pull them off. K40 antennas are nice. Some of them are also easily removable.
When you get an antenna, buy an SWR (standing wave ratio) meter. This is used to tune the antenna. You might find some shop to install and tune it for you instead.
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