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The antenna you want is the sirio pl5000 performer or turbo. This is what I use for an antenna and I talk dx every day in my mobile. Good antennas for the money, don't ever skimp out on your antenna system it's the heart of your system, I would be more concerned about a good antenna system before I ever purchase a radio, I am not a big fan of the galaxy radios due to the drift issues they encounter, have am older 55v on the shelf, I like my uniden PC122xl and my magnum 257hp. Both are dead on frequency and both work well with my amp. JMO, do you homework and get a good antenna system, this means good antenna, coax and connnectors, use at least some good rg8x, I use lmr240 and lmr400 for all my jumpers from amp to radio. Believe me, you can have a 10,000 dollar radio, but it ain't shit without a good antenna system in front of it. Like I said, don't skimp out in this area as you will certainly not get the performance you want with a sub par antenna system, and as far as the radio goes, DOUGS CUSTOM CB 's is great and knows the 959 radio well, google some of his you tune vids. He will make that 959 right, just get a good tune and alignment, and have him work the receive as well. Again, this is all JMO. God bless.
I believe he mean't the Gainmaster Base antenna not the PL Performer, which is an amazing antenna just tried for the first time. IMHO blows away the Wilson 5000, but would go out and spend money to replace if already have the Wilson 5000, because that antenna is good also. But when time to replace go with the sirio pl5000 Performer or turbo amazing bandwidth, nothing to adjust with SWR comes pre-tuned and does practically all of 11-12 meters with lows SWR's. Is about 10 inches longer than the Wilson 5000 but get's out like crazy, never hit so much skip from car as I do with the Sirio. And I use also the Times Microwave LMR-240 for the car and is as awesome as the LMR-400 for the base.
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