I just bought a Cobra 29 LX and would like opinions on which antenna to get. It's going to be mounted on the bumper of my '99 Tahoe. This or a 102"?
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This antenna is great, easy to tune, a 102 would be your best bet for mounting on bumper. But if you were mounting it on the roof the browning all day long
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For the price you cant beat it! Swr are below a 1 without any cutting.no this isn't a 102" might look a little tacky on a 4 wheeler tho. .my opinion....
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36 inches awesome antenna!!! I am in northern new jersey in the USA and I recently made contact with a station in ohio with this antenna.
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I have the 2555LMT (with traffic), is the antenna recognized within like the OEM one? I can't use a standard cig. lighter power cord to get traffic updates.
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100 miles is really stretching it. It's going to depend on terrain, height of antenna, do you use a pre-amp? And transmitter strength of the station. Use the internet to research this antenna.
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Well, it's a cool looking antenna, but with most people mentioning weak reception I'm having second thoughts. Although I mostly listen to Sirius...I have a 2014 JK...any comments?
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i have a 2012 equinox ltz, the antenna works great. get good reception. phone, radio work great.
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I received my radios and they are awsome. I dont belive for the money you could find a better radio. I saved about $30 by ordering them from amazon, and they are new in the factory package and boxed very well in a cardboard box for shipping. I think I am going to sell my cobra radios and order me another set of these. They work great and distance is unbeliveable.
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Yes no problem. Have it hooked up to my Cobra 29 with weather bands and works great
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New tech. Are you receive ing good reception? This Cobra is the best I've had and I've had few
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I live on the NW Gulf Coast of FL. I always test antennas and radios prior to installing them in one of my vehicles. I currently have the Lil Will CB Antenna in my shop hooked up to one of my CBs and the reception is excellent on the NOAA Channel for this area. I also have another radio hooked up with a VERY old antenna and the reception is marginal compared to the Lil Wil. The antenna will meet your expectations in every way.
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Fact #1: This antenna is designed to be used on a vehicle that provides it a good ground plane for best signal radiation.Fact #2: If your residence allows, antenna that was designed for base station such as the Solarcon A-99 would give you much better results.That being said, if you face space restrictions, you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Yes it SHOULD fit. Cobra makes a little slit (a small insert if you will) that lets these mounting brackets fit snug. I won't guarantee it, but for the likelihood and of all the radar detectors I've seen, these mounts seem universal.
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It depends on you radio and mounting location. Sometimes the shorter antenna is the better option when driving offroad.
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Hello Stan, where are you mounting your antenna mounts? Using the firestik MKM2 body mount will solve this problem as the antenna is not NGP but the antenna mount is. I used the mount on my truck bed cross over tool box and did not need to ground the box to the frame of my truck. I used one for my Uniden SSB Radio and one for my Unuden Scanner. Both work great. I hope this helps.
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The best option for a fixed installation would be a solarcon A99. No ground radials or counterpoise needed. It's a great CB antenna. I am very pleased with mine. Look at reviews on the eham site to see what other people think of the antenna.
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The internal antenna I feel is a little bit better than the external antenna. In 2013 I had a brand new boat set up with a new 898/external antenna, every time i backed off the boat lift it was searching for a signal, that boat was destroyed in a building collapse over winter. so I now have a new 2014 boat set up with an 899 and a 999 with internal antennas the "searching for signal" rarely comes up and I fished the exact same lake all this past season. I think you will enjoy your new unit.
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I used the antenna wire that came with the radio. I ran the wire the entire length of the dashboard and the last three inch I turned it at an angle. Reception is perfect