Cb radio my radio gets out but does not receive very well had a cb shop tell me was because my wilson antennas were not made in america and need new coax cable and firestick antennas. I replaced the coax cable and tuned the antennas and that was his answer.

Animal greases and Metal grease will conduct electricity. I use silicone grease for my receiving antennas.

bad ground/bad swr/any antenna will work on any CB radio as long as its an antenna for the CB range.

Your radio will only do 11 watts out of the box. The antenna has alot to do with your range along with a few other factors. I normally suggest using a Wilson trucker 1000 antenna on tractor rigs. and a larson Antenna on regular cars and trucks. There is one other thing you can do to increase your power. Purchase an RFX75 on Ebay and have a local cb shop install it for you. this will increase your power to about 80 - 100 watts PEP.

set the antenna and SWR to match that should give you better distance

The best thing you can do is throw that mini mag mount junk antenna in the garbage and get a quality antenna like a K-40 or a Wilson Mag-mount

nearly all problems are caused by poorly tuned or untuned antennas. a good antenna system with a cheap stock radio will out perform a great tuned radio with a bad antenna system any day of the week. if you dont believe me, check the firestik antenna website's tech notes. or wilson's tech notes.

get a K-30 antenna ist magnetic if that dont work your speaker in the Cb is broken

Try a K30 or a K40

You have an antenna problem. Get a good antenna, such as a Wilson 1000 & use the SWR function in the radio to tune it. Wilson antenna come with tuning instructions.

start out by getting a good antenna like a wilson or k-40 if your using it on a big rig make sure its a metal mirror and door a lot of big rigs use fiberglass and thats a nono you must get a no ground plane antenna...its all in the antenna...good luck doc's cb shop ny