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Hello and welcome!

If they are amplified computer speakers they are likely picking up the RF from your indoor antenna and amplifying it. CBs are normally designed to power their own speaker so if you wired any old speaker to the CB “external speaker” jack it may work better for you.

I think the dipole outside would work much better for you then that little workman inside. The workman really needs to be bolted to a big pole or something with a lot of metal to not send tons of RF down the shield of the coax.

Does your CB have a built in SWR meter or do you own an external one? That really is a must when playing with antennas.

Have fun!

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[QUOTE="cralt, post: 772506, member: 26353"] (y) Hello and welcome! If they are amplified computer speakers they are likely picking up the RF from your indoor antenna and amplifying it. CBs are normally designed to power their own speaker so if you wired any old speaker to the CB “external speaker” jack it may work better for you. I think the dipole outside would work much better for you then that little workman inside. The workman really needs to be bolted to a big pole or something with a lot of metal to not send tons of RF down the shield of the coax. Does your CB have a built in SWR meter or do you own an external one? That really is a must when playing with antennas. Have fun! [/QUOTE]

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