[Antennas] CB vertical GP to Ham use

[Joe]

Yup if that is it it will be great on ten meters, just slowluy stary to 
shortem the vertical part til ya got good SWR where ya want it to be good.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/2/2018 8:02 PM, Ken K6MR wrote:
> See if this instruction manual matches what you have.  This is the HyGain CLR 2, which was one of the most popular verticals during the CB craze.
>
> http://www.cbtricks.com/ant_manuals/hygain/model_473/graphics/hy-gain_473_clr-2.pdf
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> Ken K6MR
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> n 3/2/2018 4:41 PM, Larry wrote:
>> The vertical portion of this thing is a little over 16Ft and the
>> radials are 8 ft in length.  Doesn't look like there is much extra to
>> work with on those 3 items.
>>
>> To shorten the vertical portion down to 1/4 length of 8.153 ft would
>> be a challenge due to the telescoping nature of the 4 ft sections used
>> to make up the entire vertical length, which has a 3 wire top hat on
>> the end of it.  I can more than likely make a 1/2 wave vertical
>> section which would be 17 ft 2 inchs for 10 FM without any problem.
>> I'd like to go to 5/8 wave for 10 FM which would be 20.61 ft but that
>> would take about 3 more ft of tubing which i don't have and could be
>> difficult to come up with due to the telescoping nature of the
>> existing stuff, swagged end and all.
>>
>> guess i'll put it together and see how far each way it will go.
>>
>> Larry
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>> W0OGH
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