Which UHF CB antennas?

[cOOter]

I am going to make a mast and put my bolt base up high

From what I can see, the best place for it is the junk box.

It's a water trap - water / moisture fucks things up and makes for inconstancy. (which explains a lot my end)

I'd say the swr is off the scale, as the total length has been increased anywhere from 10mm to 40mm depending
on where you terminated (connected) the coax under all that chewy and sticky tape.

Good RG58-U coax at Jaycar is about $1.50 a meter.

A proper mobile base is $12
https://www.jaycar.com.au/uhf-antenna-base/p/DC3062

I have spare plugs.

Then again for a few dollars more there's a 4db aerial, 5 meters coax, magnetic base and Gayofag connector for $25
https://www.jaycar.com.au/cb-radio-anten...e/p/DC1064

Looks like that's a normal base mounted through a metal plate that could be
removed and mounted in a hole in ya tin roof (best ground plane) or on an L bracket on a pole.