Question 1

can this be mounted right next to a tv over the air type antenna? anything else would be difficult....for my house.

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Hi, Not sure what you mean by "right next to".  It is usually best to not put two antennas close together especially if one of the antennas is a transmitting antenna.  Can you mount the A-99 above the TV ant, say 6-10 feet?

Question 2

Can I mount this on a vertical tree branch? Or does this have to be mounted on a metal pole?

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yes you can mount the 99 on a tree limb, but, if you do so, you must, run a 12 gauge copper wire (strained or solid)  if any coating is on the wire, peel it back 18" from the end and wrap the bare part around the bottom of the 99 antenna where normally the 2 mounting clamps go, after wraping tight, take some good, not the cheap type electrical tape and wrap around all the expose copper wire you just wrapped, make a solid wrap around at least 5 times around. where the taped ends when you cut it off from the roll, take a plastic tie wrap and put it close to the end of the tape, so later on, it can"t come un_done.  now the length of the copper wire must be long enough to run down your tree to the bottom of the ground.  now get you a grounding stake from lowes or home depot and close to the tree or where ever you want to put it, drive it into the ground where theres only 6" sticking up. now at the end of your 12 gauge copper wire cut back 12" of insulation and wrap the bare copper wire from the end around the grounding stake tight thats sticking out of the ground.  take 2 radiator clamps 1 1/2" and tighten around and over the bare copper wire and tighten each one as you go to get as tight as possible, but don't over tighten.   thats it,  run your coax from the antenna along your ground wire down to about 15 feet from the bottom of the tree and let the coax swing over to the corner of your house or shed and then run it where it need to go to get to your radio.  your done,  also, remember on the 99 antenna, they must be as high as 36 feet to work 100%, but, the higher you get it, the better it operates on transmit and especially receive.....  good luck!   enjoy!    daymon

Question 3

seeing there isn't a full picture of it. Does it come to attach to a mast? I have all the ubolts and coax

Accepted Answer

The u-bolts squeeze the aluminum base directly against the mast. There are no special brackets to attach this antenna to the mast.

Question 4

what is the gain-----and is it 1/2 or 5/8 wave

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Universal Radio sez: The Solarcon A99 is a half wave over a quarter wave variable mutual inductance antenna. There is nothing in the literature about it. Consider it a 1/2 wave. In other words the top 2 sections are just fiberglass with a wire in it and the bottom section has a couple of tuning coils inside. If you check with a meter you will see a DC short because of the coils. You can check the 'net and find a circuit diagram and pictorials of the parts.easily.

ASIN	B0017J7NQ2
AntennaDescription	Radio
Best Sellers Rank	#350 in Radio Antennas
Brand	Solarcon
Color	White
Customer Reviews	4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (661)
Global Trade Identification Number	00792161001018
Impedance	50 ohm
Item Dimensions L x W x H	2.8"L x 2"W x 78.7"H
Item Weight	2 pounds
Manufacturer	Solarcon
Maximum Range	10 meters
Mfr Part Number	A-99
Model Number	A-99
Number of Channels	1
Number of Items	1
Number of Packs	1
UPC	799916901418 792161001018
Unit Count	1 Count
Warranty Description	1 year limited

A-99 CB Base Station Antenna

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