As promised, here's some pics of the J&M shorty antenna mounted on my Jester. The antenna connector in the tour pack is of a funky design that I've never seen before for a CB...so I have to see if I can get parts to make a cable to run between my meter and the antenna connector. I don't feel like taking off the fairing to see if the connector on the radio is the same as the tour pak or a standard PL-259 connector that most CBs have. I put the antennas on the bike and tried them out...the reception is definitely better, than the factory antennas. I could barely pick up the truckers off of I-95 (about two miles from my house) with the factory antennas and the bike sitting in the garage. They were "booming" in after putting the J&M's on. I did a radio check with one of the truckers and he stated that I sounded great and was coming in "loud and clear". Never got that from a trucker before on my HD CB's with the stock whips. So I'm getting out at least 2 miles. I noticed, that the "noise floor" was higher with these antennas, then with the stock antennas, which resulted in having to raise the squelch a bar or two. That signifies that they are pulling the signal better than the stock one. Granted this is all very non-technical way of testing the antennas, but without the proper connectors, I can't put the meter in line to do a calibration. Bottom line, I think that even without taking any measurements, they are better than stock. They are semi-rigid, so they won't have that bent appearance like the rubber duckies do after riding for awhile, but yet are flexible enough that if you bump into them, they won't snap. They appear to be well made, and they mount right on to the stock mount with no adapters and then are secured with an allen set screw, just like the factory antennas. Very nice setup...I'm glad I got them.
Cheers [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif],
Red