Talk:Popular CB Base Antennas of the Day

eham review

Summary: Assemble it correctly and it works

Remarks: I’ve read a couple questionable reviews on here and I can only conclude the individual didn’t know how to properly assemble the antenna. I own both the original Hygain version and the modern incarnation offered by MFJ. The modern version is every bit as good as the final production run of the original and perhaps better due to improvements in plastics and manufacturing process. My SWR does not change in heavy rain. For the reviewer with this problem, again, you have either assembled the antenna incorrectly or you have bad feed line, perhaps you did not seal your connectors. No antenna is going to perform well if you have water in your feed line. I primarily use this on 10-meter with good signal reports on our local net as well as remote contacts when band permissions open. In the 30-years I’ve used these antennas I have never been disappointed. No antenna-matching tuner needed. There is no lossy tank coil at the base. This makes it easy to tune the antenna for a wide frequency range from 12 to 10 meter by merely adjusting the length. I’ve never had a problem with matching this antenna to the band I want to use, and I have never had a problem with common mode current on the feed line. Anyone giving this antenna less than a 5 is either trying to do something with it that it is not designed for, or lacks the understanding of antenna systems.

Rating: 5/5

Time owned: more than 12 months