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11-14-2017, 10:58 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Redding, CA
Posts: 51
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We ended up getting a Fire Stik antennae and are all set now. We were able to tune it in our driveway with the help of a tuner gadget that hubby bought.
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Mary & Pat
2005 Winnebago Journey 39F
2013 Ford C-Max Energi
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11-16-2017, 05:13 PM
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Winnie-Wise
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NE WA or S TX
Posts: 272
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Anyone have any luck using the Factory installed CB Ant.? I have not bothered to try it.
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04 Horizon QD, 12 Ford Flex, Excalibar, Brakemaster, Winter Texan, RVin! since 1974
Norm, Donna 01 Z3
Life is a Timed Event, you only get One Go Around!
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11-16-2017, 07:51 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Silver City, NM
Posts: 75
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Factory CB antenna
Hi -
The CB antenna on our previous Monaco was abysmal, and I replaced it with a FireStik No Ground Plan antenna, which worked well.
On our recently-new-to-us Vectra, the factory antenna works better than the FireStik did on the old rig.
Happy to report that it works well and even better than the 'new' antenna on the previous rig.
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John S
2008 Journey 39Z Cummins 350 ISB 6.7L
2006 Honda CR-V LX Tow
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11-17-2017, 07:43 AM
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Winnie-Wise
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NE WA or S TX
Posts: 272
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ziaptrn
Hi -
The CB antenna on our previous Monaco was abysmal, and I replaced it with a FireStik No Ground Plan antenna, which worked well.
On our recently-new-to-us Vectra, the factory antenna works better than the FireStik did on the old rig.
Happy to report that it works well and even better than the 'new' antenna on the previous rig.
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Thanks
I will get it hooked p before we hit the road in the spring.
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04 Horizon QD, 12 Ford Flex, Excalibar, Brakemaster, Winter Texan, RVin! since 1974
Norm, Donna 01 Z3
Life is a Timed Event, you only get One Go Around!
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08-18-2019, 05:27 PM
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Dives2Little
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: High Desert of New Mexico
Posts: 33
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My 2016 Ellipse has dedicated CB power near the steering column. No antenna connections, however.
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Chuck and Jo Ann Culpepper
(Plus Max, Minnie, and Midget)
2016 Ellipse 42QD/2015 F-150 Eco Boost 4X2 Dinghy
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11-09-2021, 02:45 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Eastern Ontario Canada
Posts: 38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick FLA
The big question is it worth having a CB. Most people I have talked to say no they never use it. Would be inturested in your experience . Thinking about just using one of the portable ones. 
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I have come across roads on crown land where loggers or construction workers tune in to a certain CB channel and call out the mile posts (or kilometres) so that everyone slows down for a meet. Apart from that, maybe for finding out why traffic is backed up or for emergencies to let people know that I am changing a tire, but in a real emergency I'd probably resort to a Garmin inReach.
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01-28-2022, 05:39 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 125
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This is an old post but I wonder what year they started? I also wonder if the coax is there also. I think there are many times having a CB would be useful
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01-28-2022, 06:23 PM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Pflugerville/Austin, Tx
Posts: 4,551
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HollywoodGT
This is an old post but I wonder what year they started? I also wonder if the coax is there also. I think there are many times having a CB would be useful
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I've not thought CB in a very long time but at one time did work the radio shop!!
Reading back through this old post, I'm guessing most folks who were having trouble had no idea of tuning the antenna and what getting the ground plane right meant.
Mostly old forgotten techie stuff but the antenna is called a 1/4 wave length and using the length of the antenna as 1/4 and the ground plain as another part, if remembered from years back and fully admiting to not planning to ever need that again! So if using this type antenna and not cutting the whip to right length or connecting to ground correctly, the radio is way off the correct frequency! Many were designed to screw in the metal roof of cars/trucks to get solid metal connections so doing it in a fiberglass Rv may be their problem?
Stuff to check which is long out of my field!
This info from post above?
https://www.rightchannelradios.com/b...g-instructions
But looking at drawings for your RV, I might be more help there?
This drawing might fit fo ryou and have good info on antenna on page 6?
https://www.winnebago.com/Files/File...ire_166025.pdf
I did a snip and marked up some items I thought might help. Click the drawing or go direct for best view and maybe it fits for your RV??
Throwing in the info and you can throw it out if totally wrong!
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01-29-2022, 12:24 AM
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Veteran RV Owner
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 86
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I installed a Cobra 29LX and a Firestik NGP antenna. The radio had an SWR meter and I tuned the Firestik in 10 mins!
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Arthur & Sheila Mullis with "Cam" the Kitty (FMCA # F474120)
Driving 2016 Winnebago Adventurer 37F, Towing 2018 Ford Explorer 4x4 Platinum
FCC License: KO4WSO
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01-29-2022, 05:18 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Dec 2021
Posts: 102
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I used the cb wiring to install a 144/70 cm ham set and used the cb antenna cable, on the roof I removed the cb antenna and modified the mount a little  and mounted a short 2 meter/ 70 cm antenna on it works great.
Don’t listen to CB since I hung up my semi keys
N0LZS
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2004 Brave, 34D, 8.1L
toad 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
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