[Mobile-Portable] CB whip tuned for 10m

[Jeff, Julie, Annabelle, and Nicholas]

May 2003 issue of CQ has an article about how to tune a CB whip for 10 
meters.  I bought a $14 whip (fiberglass, 4 feet long) from Radio Shack 
today, removed the tuning screw and 4 turns of the wire from the top and it 
radiates the same as my 102" steel whip.  SIgnal report from here to FL was 
actually just a bit better for the CB whip.  So now I don't have to keep 
smacking the trees with the 102" whip.  I think I'll use it for some kind 
of home ground-plane on the deck.

The article is on page 16 of the May 2003 issue of CQ Magazine.

Now to eliminate engine and alternator noise!

73,
Jeff, KF4KWO
Odenton, MD
jjannanik@comcast.net