Brains trust,

I'm putting in a UHF CB, and choosing the CB was the easy part - choosing an antenna is doing my head in!

My reading tells me that I am after a low dBq antenna for rougher terrain, and a higher dBq antenna for open ground. So far so good.

I found this set package on eBay, so I can pick up the CB and antennas in one got: Icom IC 440N UHF 80CH 5Watt RFI CD933 71 75 SW125 6 5dBi Antenna With 2 Whips | eBay

Specs for the antennas are: Elevated Feed UHF CB (477 MHz) Mopole

I'm almost certainly going for a bull bar mount, and my questions are as follows:

  • 2.1 dBi is low compared to most that I have seen (mostly around the 3-3.5 mark) - is 2.1 "too low"?
  • The 6.6 dBi antenna is lower than my roof line, so the upside is it won't get taken out all the time but also reduces range to the rear - should I be looking for something that finishes above my roof line to improve range?
  • Any downsides to the antenna set I have chosen?
  • Am I over-thinking things?!?!

Thanks in advance...
FWD