Cobra HG A1000 18.5 inch Magnetic Mount CB Antenna – Heavy Duty Magnet, For use in Cars, SUVS Recreational Vehicles 100 Watt Power Handling Capability, Black

The magnet is strong so make sure you put something under it to keep from scratching anything. Works great, and the price was right.

Perfect for the price. Glad I went cobra. Super strong magnet. Cord was exactly the length I needed like to the inch. It is installed in a 1996 Lincoln town car through the driver side electrical channel under the bottom trim. Swr is near perfect out of the box. Had to lower the antenna mast fully into base and up 1mm and it was good. This antenna is paired with a uniden 880 cb. No mods.

Antenna arrived slightly bent, but was easy enough to straighten. Seems to be of high quality and magnetic has been strong enough to hold itself in place without moving. Difficult to say currently, but range and reception seem adequate at this point

this sum biich, dun saved my mother in laws life, We was drinkin a bit and forgot she was sleepin on the roof of the RV, cause of the pot smoke. WE got hungry and high tailed it to SheetZ. We got her up to 70 for we realized she was on the Roof of the RV. Wel she was a litter tatered and pissed her wig blew off, but no worrys. the Radio works fine.

This product arrived on time and all parts were in the package. Out of the box the SWR WAS FLAT on channel 1 and under 1.5 on 19 and 40. It is matched with a Cobra 29 Classic.

This antenna is pretty decent for the price. It does perform fairly well, I was able to talk up to ~1.5 miles away on the open road (measured using Google Earth and two separate vehicles) and receive from maybe 2 to 3 miles away (some trucks I could hear before I could talk to them, even though they were running barefoot) so the performance is pretty decent. The build quality is very nice, the plastic feels durable, the whip is made of stainless steel and painted black, the antenna is flexible, but has a base and a mid load coil. the actual plastic base where you insert the antenna ALSO has a coil in it, in addition to the one visible on the antenna. This is what dampens the effectiveness of this antenna to poor performance ranges. The antenna comes tuned for channel 1. I have two of these antennas and BOTH where tuned for channel 1 out of the box. You will HAVE to cut about 1/2 inch of the antenna (good luck) before you get the antenna tuned for channel 20. It does tune fairly easy though. Once tuned, I received SWR readings of 1.6 on channel 1, 1.8 on channel 40, and 1.2 on channel 20. Cutting this 1/8 in SS whip is no laughing matter. Use bolt cutters. Good, bolt cutters. It actually damaged my cheaper bolt cutters, rendering them useless. As for the power handling capability. This antenna should not be used on amplified CB radios or used with linear amplifiers. The base load coil (the one in the plastic at the very bottom, not the visible one on the whip) will get warm and you will feel it mildly warm if you touch it after transmitting for 30 or so seconds. It may say 100 watts, and it does handle that much, but you will not actually get that much radiated power because you're going to be losing half if not more of that power to heat and dielectric loss because of the cheap base load coil. If you go over 100 watts, you're playing a game of "when do I want to short my antenna". I deducted two stars for the heat problem even when just using a CB that swings a little large. Yes, you're better CB radios that may swing ~18 or so watts will actually heat this antenna pretty good. For kicks I tested it with a 12 watt dead key and swing of 50 watts, and it sure did get hot. Thermometer read about 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with surrounding air at 55 degrees, at night. You have been warned. Besides the fact that the base load coil is markedly cheap and hardly handles 100 watts safely, the construction quality is excellent, the plastics do not feel cheap, the whip feels sturdy, the coax is 18 feet long, RG-58/U flexible, the PL-259 plug on the end is decent quality. Easy to tune, easy to use. The magnet holds strong even going 75 MPH. Not ugly, and easily hidden. However, get the Wilson Little Wil if you can, it can actually handle more power, and doesn't get warm, plus, it works about 200% better than this one and is only an extra foot and a few inches of antenna length.

Title: Save Yourself the Trouble—Get This One First! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I learned the hard way that you get what you pay for. I previously bought a different magnetic mount antenna that claimed to be "pre-adjusted" for SWR, but it was way off and had no way to actually adjust it. I decided to go with this Cobra antenna because the brand has been a solid name in radio for years. I should have just bought this one in the first place! It works perfectly, and it only took me a few minutes to get the SWR adjusted exactly where it needed to be. For the price, you can't beat the quality and peace of mind. Highly recommended.

Great Quality antenna and very easy to use.

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Works pretty well. Not a problem even for VHF signals.

Ha llegado antes de lo esperado el producto funciona al 100 x 100. Espero disfrutar durante muchos años la antena.

well wrapped