Guys with BIG CB's 5spds, Heres my Install!
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Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
I have that EXACT CB. Diff install place though. I dont really like it kinda have to reach to mess with it.. Im thinkin bout getting a whip, do they work better than the Firesticks?
here is where mine is:
sorry bout the big pic, thought i resized it..
here is where mine is:
sorry bout the big pic, thought i resized it..
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I'm running an older Hustler magnet mount. Bout 36" tall. I can talk about 15 miles. Best thing to do is instead of putting all the money into a new antenna, just run a decend little magnet mount. Spend the rest of the $$ on getting the unit "peak and tuned". Stock they put out 4 watts. Mine is dead keying over 10 watts, and swinging to 21. Also...try getting a good power mike...you'll see the difference.
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Alright. Well, the Firesticks are tuned already. Wasnt easy, had two 5' firesticks on it, one was functional, the other was not, and we couldnt get it to tune, the CB guy said there wasnt enough ground.. So we had to dounsize to the 4'.. (it may have been 4' and 3'..cant remember for sure). The way they are mounted right now is outside the box using steak whole mounts, which i really dont like. They stick out about a 1/2-1" from the bed. How do you mount them inside the bed?
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Just FYI...I doubt that the firesticks are "pre-tuned". What yur actually doing when you set the SWR's, is that your matching the antenna to the vehicle. Well....when you run 2 antennas like that...they have to be AT LEAST 18' apart. notice when you go buy coax for dual antennas...they are always 18'. Actually thats true with any coax and any antenna. I used to have one single fiberglass antenna mounted to the inside of my bed...bedind my sliding glass, but have since moved on to my little magnet mount. It works so much better. Why are you running duals? One antenna is all you need. If you don't have the right distance between them, the will actuallt cancel each other out. Also, don't firesticks come with a ground strap?
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Originally Posted by htjunkie
Just FYI...I doubt that the firesticks are "pre-tuned". What yur actually doing when you set the SWR's, is that your matching the antenna to the vehicle. Well....when you run 2 antennas like that...they have to be AT LEAST 18' apart. notice when you go buy coax for dual antennas...they are always 18'. Actually thats true with any coax and any antenna. I used to have one single fiberglass antenna mounted to the inside of my bed...bedind my sliding glass, but have since moved on to my little magnet mount. It works so much better. Why are you running duals? One antenna is all you need. If you don't have the right distance between them, the will actuallt cancel each other out. Also, don't firesticks come with a ground strap?
well, only one is functional right now. The other i was thinkin bout hookin up a police scanner up to it, but, im not sure.
what do you mean the firesticks are pre-tuned.. We Changed the SWR's, and raised/lowerd the tips on the firesticks untill The CB guy said it was good. Although, it doesnt seem i always get reception..
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He said that they weren't pretuned, you have to do the tuning yourself like you did. htjunkie, my CB is 4 watts right now, my uncles buddy can peak it for me, but can any CB shop peak and tune? I know they can tune but I thought anything over 4 watts was against some code or something like that.
#36
Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
Yeah, I want to be able to Switch the Air bag on and off though. Isnt Uniden and Cobra relativaly the same thing? Pretty close to the quality, correct?
hey you can still access the airbab switch easy, once you take the switch off the dash trim you will see what I mean.
#37
Originally Posted by 04blackedge
He said that they weren't pretuned, you have to do the tuning yourself like you did. htjunkie, my CB is 4 watts right now, my uncles buddy can peak it for me, but can any CB shop peak and tune? I know they can tune but I thought anything over 4 watts was against some code or something like that.
#38
Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
well, only one is functional right now. The other i was thinkin bout hookin up a police scanner up to it, but, im not sure.
what do you mean the firesticks are pre-tuned.. We Changed the SWR's, and raised/lowerd the tips on the firesticks untill The CB guy said it was good. Although, it doesnt seem i always get reception..
what do you mean the firesticks are pre-tuned.. We Changed the SWR's, and raised/lowerd the tips on the firesticks untill The CB guy said it was good. Although, it doesnt seem i always get reception..
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Originally Posted by htjunkie
It's true that anything over 4 watts is against the FCC regulations. BUT...I have never heard of anyone ever getting into any trouble over it. I used to run a 1500 watt linear, and the only time I heard anything bad from the local PD, was when i was keying up and making garage doors open, and I would knock out cordless phones. Unless your using big power in a house...I wouldn't worry about it. As far as peaking your radio, it's a pretty easy process. Just open the radio, use a watt meter, and turn the right screws. I'm sure that any CB shop can do it. Remember...your DEADKEYING 4 watts, but probably swinging more like 7-9.
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The only way that he would be able to tell how many watts your putting out was if he actually piggy-backed a meter to your radio.
Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
when Me and my GF's dad put my CB in my truck, He was telling me that there is a guy in town that "works" for the FCC, well he actually is what we call a snitch. He goes around with all this equipment and picks up on anyone who is running anithing over what they are supposed to and reports it to the FCC. From what i have heard all that happens is you get a letter in the mail with and you have to pay a fine.
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Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
I was going to buy a scanner and hook it up to the other scanner. Yes it does
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That might give him an IDEA of what your running, but again, I seriously doubt that the FCC will waste time and money coming after a 7 watt radio.
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...or, used a commonly available apparatus known as a 'field strength meter' to determine the radiation pattern of the signal, and the relative signal strength therein.
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Originally Posted by htjunkie
hook it up to what scanner? what i'm saying is that I've never heard of a CB (AM) antenna working on a scanner...seen it tried, but never worked. Try using the RF gain to help your reception.
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Originally Posted by htjunkie
That might give him an IDEA of what your running, but again, I seriously doubt that the FCC will waste time and money coming after a 7 watt radio.
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Originally Posted by htjunkie
That might give him an IDEA of what your running
Originally Posted by htjunkie
but again, I seriously doubt that the FCC will waste time and money coming after a 7 watt radio.
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Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
True, but trust me, the few guys that mess with their radios around where i live arnt just getting it up to 7 watts. they spend ALOT of money on them. **** my gf's dads radio(although a HAM) cost more than my truck