Reply With QuoteI have only found them on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/102-SSWA-102-inc...QQcmdZViewItem
Anyone know where to purchase the steel whip antennas online? I have always only used the 6 to 7' steel whips on my vehicles and they seem to get me the best reception and transmission capabilities. I haven't been able to find them online to order one. I am not too fond of Firestix or some of the other smaller whips on the market...could just be my technical inability to match/tune them, but the steel ones work great as soon as they're screwed in.
Eddie
Last edited by Crazy_Jeeper_7; 05-27-2008 at 08:42.
I have only found them on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/102-SSWA-102-inc...QQcmdZViewItem
Project 1: 79 CJ-5. 258, T-18A, D20. D30 front, AMC20 rear.
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ooh....good point.
No real experience with them. I know when the rack was on the XJ and the antenna was mounted on it, I had about a 15 mile range with a 3ft Wilson. Now that the rack has been forcibly removed from the roof of the XJ, and I have it side mounted, I only get about 7-8 miles with it. That's just with the 3ft Wilson, 21ft of wire, and a Uniden 510.
Yeti
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Try Radioshack...102". Thats where I got mine.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family
Jon B
1984 CJ-7 - Howell fuel injection, D-44 front 4:11 Detroit Electrac,D-44 rear Detroit 4:11, T-19 trans, D-300/4:1 Lo-max gears, 33x12.5 SSRs, Full cage, Warn XDi 9000
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I just have a wilson trucker 2k with the quadratec tail light mount.
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I found them at Radio Shack in the 102" per your advice. Thanks! I have one headed to my Jeep now.
MAJ Eddie Gray
Logistics Corps, US Army
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http://jeepspace.jeepforum.com/Crazy_Jeeper_7
http://www.rocky-road.com/cjspoa.html
78 CJ7, 258 I6, T150, D20, Rocky Road 6.5" SOA w/ OTT High Steer and hydro Long Travel Shocks, Old Man E Steering Stabilizer, 4.56 front and rear, OX Locked, Rugged Ridge XHD Modular Bumper with T-Max 9,000lb Winch, LoD Xpedition Rear Bumper with all the goodies, 35x12.5 MT MTZs, custom snorked and list is GROWING
Just curious, what is the advantage of the steel whip over something like the firstick?
miljeep,
A lot of times in the southeast it comes down to line of sight and having a 102" whip poking above brush lines or year old planted pines helps me receive and transmit. I could all be mental, but I have run firestiks on the same radio and antenna mount and just can't broadcast and receive as well. Throw the steelie on and the radio come alive.
Now, as I said in my original post, it could me my technical inability to tune my radio and antenna during installation which could be the ultimate reason I don't have good luck with firestix. However, I never have had to tune a 84-102" whip and I love annoying the McDonalds and DQ drivethrus with my whip rubbing their overhand and lights ;-) I knock squirrels out of trees too driving through the neigborhood ;-)
MAJ Eddie Gray
Logistics Corps, US Army
http://www.wheelersforthewounded.org/index.htm
http://jeepspace.jeepforum.com/Crazy_Jeeper_7
http://www.rocky-road.com/cjspoa.html
78 CJ7, 258 I6, T150, D20, Rocky Road 6.5" SOA w/ OTT High Steer and hydro Long Travel Shocks, Old Man E Steering Stabilizer, 4.56 front and rear, OX Locked, Rugged Ridge XHD Modular Bumper with T-Max 9,000lb Winch, LoD Xpedition Rear Bumper with all the goodies, 35x12.5 MT MTZs, custom snorked and list is GROWING
Thanks for the info.
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