CB antenna
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CB antenna
Is this antenna any good? I dont know anything about them, but was thinking about running two of these right behind the cab mounted on opposite bed rails.
http://www.rightchannelradios.com/fi...tenna-255.html
http://www.rightchannelradios.com/fi...tenna-255.html
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I've never heard anything bad about them. I'd steer away from duals....I tried it with bad bad results...even with firestik's dual antenna coax. Our Rangers are far too narrow to gain anything with duals..they actually hurt your performance because they are so close to eachother and they are "fighting" each other.
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The 4 or 5 foot firesticks are your best buy. If you check out what alot of truckers have, it is the 4 or 5 foot firestick. Check their mirror mounts when driving down the highway. Like said before, the dual antenna idea is a waste of time. The frequencies could be messing with either sticks reception. Just make sure you don't bunch up the coax wherever you line it from the antenna to the CB. If you have excess wire, spread it out. Also, a big part of reception is getting the CB properly tuned with a SWR meter after it's installed.
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Quality of the radio matters imo. FCC regulation says that a new radio max output is 4watt. With a peak and tune you can get up to 60-70watt of power. Some radios can't be modded....the popular ones can. Like the 29LTD is probably the most popular and most common. That's what i'm running...peaked and tuned.
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You antenna means everything along with your coax... Without a good antenna you won't get anywhere Kyle..
I personally like the francis antenna's... They make them in 4ft and 5.5ft.. Stick one of them on a spring and hood mount and you're set... If you need help I can show you how I was taught to run coax under the hood without coiling it.. It's pretty sweet!
Glad to see you finally come around and get a CB instead of that handheld **** lol
I personally like the francis antenna's... They make them in 4ft and 5.5ft.. Stick one of them on a spring and hood mount and you're set... If you need help I can show you how I was taught to run coax under the hood without coiling it.. It's pretty sweet!
Glad to see you finally come around and get a CB instead of that handheld **** lol
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So i cant find any place around here that has any good deal so im resorting to the internet.
How do these look? the first one has free shipping and the second one is pretty cheap.
http://secure.data-comm.com/GL/Detail.bok?no=252205
http://consumerelectronics.escstores...tkitblack.aspx
How do these look? the first one has free shipping and the second one is pretty cheap.
http://secure.data-comm.com/GL/Detail.bok?no=252205
http://consumerelectronics.escstores...tkitblack.aspx
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Actually Trevor, D&R is one of only two Cobra Lisenced/Authorized Repair shops. The shop told me I should be pushing 60-70watts.
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Have you ever actually measured that?
I will admit I haven't touched a CB in a very long time. However my experience with "real" two way radios tells me that you might be disappointed if you put that jacked up CB radio on a service monitor. To begin with, I doubt you are actually doing 70-80 watts. But thats just a guess. In either case, it is probably transmitting the equivilent of RF vomit. You just can't take a radio spec'd for 4 watts and make it do twenty times that without it being screwed up.
I will admit I haven't touched a CB in a very long time. However my experience with "real" two way radios tells me that you might be disappointed if you put that jacked up CB radio on a service monitor. To begin with, I doubt you are actually doing 70-80 watts. But thats just a guess. In either case, it is probably transmitting the equivilent of RF vomit. You just can't take a radio spec'd for 4 watts and make it do twenty times that without it being screwed up.
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Those are mirror mounts for semi's... They'll work if you use only the side with the coax attached to it and bolt it to your bed or something, but even then you're not gonna have a good ground for the antenna... Best mount is on the front fender.
Look for fender mounts
Look for fender mounts
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I was told my D&R Communications that the only way to propery ground an aluminum toolbox, is to put a ground strap from the toolbox to the truck bed at each corner. And for me and my headache rach and my deep toolbox, that's impossible to do the front corners of the toolbox with my fat ***. lol. Shorter the ground the better too.