I have windshield light mounts left from moving the lights to the bumper hoop and was thinking of getting 2-2 foot fire stix to mount there for a CB. I think I can get in the garage with mounted there but are they going to be worth a shit ? Will use on the road and trail.

 

still learning, so take this for what it's worth...

i've found that with antennas, as well as other things, size matters. so while a second antenna can help, of greater importance would be the antenna length. i think your location, as long as well grounded, is perfect because it will allow you to see the antennas while driving and help mitigate surprises, but i think you need to go a little bigger.

i think the best option would be to go with a quick disconnect antenna for when parking in the garage. if you are wanting the antennas mounted each time you drive, that obviously becomes a pain, so you might consider a flexible antenna. i think wilson makes a good one and you could go larger and then let it bend when you park in the garage. although flexible and designed for garage storage, i would still feel a little uncomfortable with the constant bending, but that's just me.

 

co-phased antennas bad idea if i remember right in my cb days, there isn't enough room between them on the jeep.

 

With any comms situation, a splice = loss. You wouldnt gain anything from 2 antennas. If anything you would lose power.

 

I'm pretty sure he would actually gain distance in forward and reverse but lose an extreme amount right and left. SO I guess if he waned to use them on road, and they have straight roads in AK, it would work out well but really suck off road or anyplace where the roads curved a lot, like in Alaska.

 

That would be a downgrade in performance, you need at least 8' beween the antenna's for a co-phase setup to do you any good.

 

OK, Let me see if I have this right , Two antenna's are only good on the road. Preferably strait road . Right? And if you go off road or your on a twisty your better of with a single antenna. The longer the better. Right? So if I Put 2 out front for on road and then I could mount one out back for off road that I could remove on the road I should be good to go ?

 

I would be more concerned about the splice. Feeding one coax into two antennas. Not worth it for me anyway. I get a good 3km out of my 4' Firestick dead center of my Jeep

 

I think IF you can get it to work, and I think it can be done if you can get them like 6 feet apart, it would not be worth the hassle. But you can read this from firestik.
www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/SNGL-or-Dual.htm

If you truly need this, I'd go to a CB shop. But as pointed out to make a real phased antenna work you need them about 9 feet apart.

A simpler solution to me would be to get an 4' antenna with a quick disconnect and call it a day.

 

I bet The last off road vehicle you drove had a CP behind it with antennas that were phased But I agree I don't think it's worth it.