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Old 12-01-2005, 09:05 AM
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Replace stock antenna w/CB antenna, good idea?

My stock antenna on a 90 4Runner is broken, and I was going to kill two birds with one stone, using a 3 foot flexible Firestik with the AR-1A signal splitter in the same location. Has anyone done this, and has it worked? Ideas?
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Not sure how well it would work considering the CB antenna is tuned in for the 29.00 megahertz range. FM radio is obviously a different bandwidth. I never tried it, but I would think it wouldnt work very well ???

Let us know if it works.
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It works, not ideal but it does work. AM/FM reception is fine, CB SWR does get somewhat higher with the splitter in the line.
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Thanks for the info, I will post the results when it is done!
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