Customer Reviews

Cobra HG A 1000 Base-Load Small Mount 100W CB Antenna

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This is a very poor product! On my first trip, it fell of my car roof at 40 MPH. Not nice.

It is clear that the base is insufficient for an antenna of this length.

Amazon must have sorted out the shipping packaging since the last reviewers commented. I received my antenna in a large box with plenty of padding. The antenna wasn't bent. However, the dimensions of the antenna are wrong... It's much longer than 21 inches, and so I wasn't able to install the antenna on the roof of my truck. Hence I'm giving it 4 stars, rather than 5. I've installed it on my pickup, but at the front of the truck.

The antenna seems to work well for what I use it for. I usually turn on my CB when I hit a traffic jam to see what my best options are. My only complaint is that the coax cable could be longer. I've received good clear reception from several miles away.

Portable CB antennas just don't perform like those installed on your vehicle and this one is no exception. We get good reception from about a mile away from the vehisle but not much over that distance. The antenna is the one recommnded by Cobra for the portable CB that we have. It holds great to the roof even in high speeds. Very easy to take down and install.

I recommend to everyone this product since you can use your radio without any signal interference. Great quality and good price.

I recently ordered two of these antennas and have not yet had the opportunity to set them up on my CB radios for a test run. However, I did want to comment about the packaging for the products which I purchased from Amazon.com. The antennas arrived inside their original Mgf display packs which had been placed inside a narrow rectangular cardboard box with a strip of plastic air bags on either side for packing material. However, this did not prevent the cardboard box from collapsing & bending during shipping, which in turn bent the stainless steel antennas inside their packaging about 20+ degrees. I have spent the last couple of hours trying to straighten the antennas - the stainless steel material is not easy to straighten by hand, and I still am not done working with one of the antennas. It would have been nice if the packaging had been better (and/or the boxes marked as fragile) so this would not have happened. I am confident that these units will preform very well, but am not happy with the shipping - thus the 2 star rating.

No matter how well this antenna was tuned I could not participate in conversations over 1 mile away. Makes for a difficult caravan.

It did stay perfectly on the suburban roof for the 3,000 mile road trip never once coming off. Buy a better antenna.

No issues at all even while driving through Hurricane Irene. Albeit in only 30-60 mpg wind gusts... Works great for the money.

I purchased this antenna for camping and road trips and the ease of switching from one car to another quickly, and not having to drill holes for permanent mounting, etc. It comes with a fairly strong magnet that has no trouble hanging on at 70 mph. The silicon/rubber type base is nicer than the felt lined ones, it won't wear off and scratch your paint as it gets older. It is not a good idea to loose it. It is relatively short, and the set screw provides an easy way to trim your SWR's. It functions well for it's size, and has improved the range of my Midland 75-822 over the "rubber duck" antenna for auto use. I would have given it a 5 star rating if the silicone/rubber base was permanently fixed to the bottom, or was a tighter fit and would not come off as easy.

I got what I ordered and received it with in the delivery time stated. This is a good product and I would recommend it.