Ground plane or not for 2nd gen RSV?

[Bert2006]

Does the 2nd gen RSV have a cb with a ground plane or not? Or do i need to worry about if i am not replacing any cables?

 

I want to replace my antennas with Firestik Firefly's 3ft'ers. I intend to also switch out the folding mounts as I was told that the originals would not be standard mounts that work with the Firefly's. Would be using the same cb antenna for am\fm side too.

 

[BOO]

Yes the frame is the ground plane and you will need a duplexer to feed the two radios into one antenna.

BOO

 

 

Does the 2nd gen RSV have a cb with a ground plane or not? Or do i need to worry about if i am not replacing any cables?

 

I want to replace my antennas with Firestik Firefly's 3ft'ers. I intend to also switch out the folding mounts as I was told that the originals would not be standard mounts that work with the Firefly's. Would be using the same cb antenna for am\fm side too.

 

[Guest tx2sturgis]

If I understand your question correctly, you will be using one 3 ft Firestick for the CB and another 3ft Firestick for the AM/FM?

 

In that case you will not need a splitter, and assuming you are able to tune the antenna for lowest SWR, it should work ok for CB comms of a mile or less. Your AM/FM range might be seriously diminished as well.

 

I prefer the Francis CB antennas...they are made better and are not as thick and heavy. And they just look SO much better on a bike. You can find these at the larger truckstops or online:

 

http://francisantennaonline.com/francis_antenna_3_foot_hot_rod_cb_antenna.html

Edited June 6, 2014 by tx2sturgis

[Bert2006]

Yes the frame is the ground plane and you will need a duplexer to feed the two radios into one antenna.

BOO

 

Ok thanks. I intend to use 2 antennas . One for cb and the other for am/fm.

 

[Bert2006]

If I understand your question correctly, you will be using one 3 ft Firestick for the CB and another 3ft Firestick for the AM/FM?

 

In that case you will not need a splitter, and assuming you are able to tune the antenna for lowest SWR, it should work ok for CB comms of a mile or less. Your AM/FM range might be seriously diminished as well.

 

I prefer the Francis CB antennas...they are made better and are not as thick and heavy. And they just look SO much better on a bike. You can find these at the larger truckstops or online:

 

http://francisantennaonline.com/francis_antenna_3_foot_hot_rod_cb_antenna.html

 

Thanks for the lead on francis, will look into them.