WSDB540 Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 I have a CB base antenna up. I want to put up a GMRS base antenna on a separate pole. How far apart does it need to be away from the CB antenna? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 MSnow Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 I had on my truck dual firesticks on each bed rail and then had my mxta26 on the roof about 2.5ft away from each firestick with no issues. WSDB540, SteveShannon and Socalgmrs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 BoxCar Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 Antenna spacing is critical when the frequencies are within the same band or one (or both) are using high power. CB is essentially HF (below 30 MHz) while GMRS is UHF (462 - 467 MHz) or 20 times higher in frequency. Your spacing should be at least a quarter-wave length of the UHF channels or 15 CM. Socalgmrs, SteveShannon and WSDB540 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WRYZ926 Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 General rule of thumb is to space antennas apart by 1/2 to 1 full wave length. A full wave length for CB is 11 meters/36 feet. A half wave length is 5.5 meters/18 feet. So you would want your GMRS antenna at least 18 feet away from your CB antenna horizontally. You can put antennas closer together vertically if you have the space to go up and down. SteveShannon, WSDB540 and WRXR255 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WSDB540 Posted June 11 Author Report Share Posted June 11 18 hours ago, WRYZ926 said: General rule of thumb is to space antennas apart by 1/2 to 1 full wave length. A full wave length for CB is 11 meters/36 feet. A half wave length is 5.5 meters/18 feet. So you would want your GMRS antenna at least 18 feet away from your CB antenna horizontally. You can put antennas closer together vertically if you have the space to go up and down. I can go higher for the GMRS antenna thanks for the help. WRYZ926 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have a CB base antenna up. I want to put up a GMRS base antenna on a separate pole. How far apart does it need to be away from the CB antenna?
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