Best CB range with fj80? (1 Viewer)

[ChaseTruck]

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A bit of advice the owner of Firestik gave me (they're a local company) is to use the heavy duty spring. It's only there to allow the antenna to move if it gets hit low, the antenna itself is very sturdy. His original advice was actually not to use one at all, but he didn't understand how much the antennas get hit offroad in the brush.

The Firestik on the back corner on the LX, as well as on the '80, has worked well for us, in practical terms. My main 'wheeling vehicle is a K5 Blazer, with a Firestik on the driver's side front fender, near the A pillar. That setup has proven rather sturdy, but given the way AZ brush encroaches on trails (...made originally for Jeeps, not for a full-size K5...) there's no way I'd not run a spring. I've even conjured up a setup for the 2m antenna using a Firestik heavy spring, but I don't think the Diamond 2/70 antenna would last on the fender the way the Firestik CB antenna did for the last few years. So the 2m antenna stays inside until I actually want to use the HAM radio. My only gripe is that the Firestik on the K5 (as well as the Diamond 2/70 when it lived on the passenger side fender near the A pillar) occasionally wants to unthread itself from the base - my thanks to @richardlillard1 for bringing that to my attention On both the LX and the 80, clear range with the Firestiks is about 1.5 miles. However, I attribute that in a large degree to the tennis balls on either antenna - these are specimen where I personally played the fuzz off of them...

 

[chudly]

I'm running this Firestik on my 100 series. https://amzn.to/2LTnOSv
using a labrak mount that mounts around the taillight.

using a bunch of other bits with it too
stud https://amzn.to/2JDQXV3
fire ring https://amzn.to/2JOvS6s
spring https://amzn.to/2JRDpof

 

[Fj81]

I run a 4ft firestick on a wilson gumdrop mount on my front bumper. Works good, but I have a slightly tuned up stryker cb in mine. I have always heard that the roof works best to give a nice ground plane and projection all over. But i didnt do that because I have too much crap on my roof.