As per the requests of “Bullets” from www.cbradiotalk.com, the largest CB Forum on the internet, I am posting a few photos of my Home made Dipole antenna that is giving me SWR readings of 1.3:1.3
As you will see, it is a very inexpensive setup. The Marines actually have a manual on how to make their own antennas in combat. This follows theories.
Photo 1 is just showing that the CB Coax plugs into the back of your device like normal. The coax runs up to Photo 2. In Photo 2, the Coax cable is Cut. There are 2 Red Wires (12 Gauge cable). one Red cable will connect to your Shielding of the Coax, One Red Cable will connect to the inside Wire of the coax. That black circle thing, that’s a bottle cap. I am using it as an insulator. The red cable will run a certain length depending on if you are using it for CB or Ham and then it will terminate to another Insulator (bottle cap) as shown in Photo 3. If your SWR is Higher or Lower, you could adjust by putting the insulator closer to the end or further from the end (of the red coax)
Please, let me know if you have any questions/Requests.
