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Chris,

First off I don't know what antenna was used on the SATB Trans AM. However, it does look to me like it was probably a 5 foot whip. A Wilson 1000 has a little over 5 ft and are very good antennas....in fact much better than the Lil Wil antennas you inquired about. It will let your Pace CB 166 talk further and receive further than your Lil Wil can or will.

As for your SWR question, yes you need to find a location for the antenna to sit, then you need to perform an SWR check using an SWR meter. Radio Shack sells them for $37.99. You tune the antenna for the first and last channel of the radio, and then the middle. You do this by adjusting the height of the antenna until you get as low of an SWR across all the channels as you can.

However I will point out in the movie the car obviously was a T top car and the antenna was right on the T bar roof in the center towards the back....which is by far the best place to put a CB antenna on a hardtop car. BUT....the lack of metal under the antenna (due to the T tops) may make the SWR's go up as the antenna requires metal under it on all sides to get a good counterpoise.

BTW I've always wanted a special edition black and gold 1977 Trans AM like what Burt drove in the first movie....very beautiful cars....only problem is now they're astronomically priced for a 220 hp car with a questionable quality control of build.

<blockquote data-quote="Turbo T" data-source="post: 377299" data-attributes="member: 17395">Chris,First off I don&#039;t know what antenna was used on the SATB Trans AM. However, it does look to me like it was probably a 5 foot whip. A Wilson 1000 has a little over 5 ft and are very good antennas....in fact much better than the Lil Wil antennas you inquired about. It will let your Pace CB 166 talk further and receive further than your Lil Wil can or will. As for your SWR question, yes you need to find a location for the antenna to sit, then you need to perform an SWR check using an SWR meter. Radio Shack sells them for $37.99. You tune the antenna for the first and last channel of the radio, and then the middle. You do this by adjusting the height of the antenna until you get as low of an SWR across all the channels as you can. However I will point out in the movie the car obviously was a T top car and the antenna was right on the T bar roof in the center towards the back....which is by far the best place to put a CB antenna on a hardtop car. BUT....the lack of metal under the antenna (due to the T tops) may make the SWR&#039;s go up as the antenna requires metal under it on all sides to get a good counterpoise. BTW I&#039;ve always wanted a special edition black and gold 1977 Trans AM like what Burt drove in the first movie....very beautiful cars....only problem is now they&#039;re astronomically priced for a 220 hp car with a questionable quality control of build.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Turbo T, post: 377299, member: 17395"] Chris, First off I don't know what antenna was used on the SATB Trans AM. However, it does look to me like it was probably a 5 foot whip. A Wilson 1000 has a little over 5 ft and are very good antennas....in fact much better than the Lil Wil antennas you inquired about. It will let your Pace CB 166 talk further and receive further than your Lil Wil can or will. As for your SWR question, yes you need to find a location for the antenna to sit, then you need to perform an SWR check using an SWR meter. Radio Shack sells them for $37.99. You tune the antenna for the first and last channel of the radio, and then the middle. You do this by adjusting the height of the antenna until you get as low of an SWR across all the channels as you can. However I will point out in the movie the car obviously was a T top car and the antenna was right on the T bar roof in the center towards the back....which is by far the best place to put a CB antenna on a hardtop car. BUT....the lack of metal under the antenna (due to the T tops) may make the SWR's go up as the antenna requires metal under it on all sides to get a good counterpoise. BTW I've always wanted a special edition black and gold 1977 Trans AM like what Burt drove in the first movie....very beautiful cars....only problem is now they're astronomically priced for a 220 hp car with a questionable quality control of build. [/QUOTE]

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