. This produced the most powerful CB base loaded antenna available in its ... that goes into a typical base loaded CB antenna is lost as heat in the coil and ... the plastic inside the coil form. Many CB antennas lose more than 50% of the ... wasted as heat loss and not radiated as radio waves. Another weak link in other CB ... 500 is guaranteed to outperform any CB mobile antenna (except the Wilson 1000 ... 28% more power gain than the American K40 CB Antenna (on channel 40). This means ...