What was Uncle Jesse's Base Antenna?

[secret squirrel]

I admit not taking the time time to research this? I can remember the CB in the General Lee was a Cobra 78X. I remember one of the episodes Uncle Jesse was taking into a EF Johnson base station CB with the telephone receiver. I am probably incorrect, but I think Jesse's main bas station CB was a Uniden Madison. The pickup and the police cars used 102 inch whips. The antenna on the General Lee's trunk lid was a Hustler I think, it may have been Antenna Specialist. Does anybody recall a base station CB antenna. Just curious. Uncle Jesse could walk the dog and kick the cat from the kitchen. Atmospheric conditions were always good in Hazzard County. Many thanks. Maybe Uncle Jesse was the original inventor of the Whiskey Stills antenna.

 

[secret squirrel]

I do remember one episode where the Duke boys borrowed one of Cooter's trucks and Cooter mentioned that his CB was modified to talk farther. Maybe, Crazy Cooter had a foot warmer under the bench seat.

 

[Marconi]

Nah, Squirrel...Cooter just hollered louder into his power mic.

 

[ForestRunner98]

Cooter had the best call outs!!!

 

[Turbo T]

The base station I remember at the Duke farm, was either a Zachary T or a Washington. I never did get to get a good look at it, but I know for certain it was one of those two. No idea though if it was the President version or the later Uniden version, but I'd guess the former.

 

[Tokin]

As far as i can see there was no base antenna on that cabin nor is there an antenna on Jesse's white f150 truck.
I don believe they were ever really using those radios, just props. If i had to make a guess id say they would've used a Starduster...

 

[W4KVW]

As far as i can see there was no base antenna on that cabin nor is there an antenna on Jesse's white f150 truck.
I don believe they were ever really using those radios, just props. If i had to make a guess id say they would've used a Starduster...
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From the looks of it he must have been loading up some rusty tin on the roof for the antenna. LOL Maybe he was saying,TIN-4 Not 10-4 when he agreed? LOL I could not help myself.

SIX-SHOOTER

 

[Tokin]

From the looks of it he must have been loading up some rusty tin on the roof for the antenna. LOL Maybe he was saying,TIN-4 Not 10-4 when he agreed? LOL I could not help myself.

SIX-SHOOTER

As the story goes after the series ended they went to tear it down and found a civil war era cabin hidden underneath the exterior. They wound up leaving it till it finally had to be demolished.

 

[Highway Man]

Silly, he had a dipole hidden in a tree on the down low

 

[Turbo T]

As the story goes after the series ended they went to tear it down and found a civil war era cabin hidden underneath the exterior. They wound up leaving it till it finally had to be demolished.

That was the original Georgia house, yes. However as some may know, the DOH was filed in Georgia in late 1978 aka the first 5 episodes, then it was moved to Warner Brothers studios in Burbank California in 1979 for the rest of the run. You can tell the original location had an authentic feel to it and after they moved to Burbank, the backgrounds were fake. Yes the radios were mostly props and probably not even actually used.

 

[WECSOG]

Looks like some kind of antenna just to the right of the rear chimney. Perhaps a base-loaded whip, using the tin roof as a ground plane.

 

[Mustang 131]

Filmed in Golden Oak Ranch in Placerita Canyon. Canyon Country, Ca.
Still looks the same,