CB Antenna placement
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CB Antenna placement
Okay, I think I've figured out where I want to mount my CB but now I'm reading about antenna placement and the Engine Control Computer chip. I mounted the antenna on my ranger on the driver side front fender. Sounds like that isn't a good place to put it anymore because of the ECC chip. Any thoughts? Has anyone mounted theirs on this side and had any problems?
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My CoPhase is on my toolbox in the rear.. But I have a Whitenoise Filter so the ECC doesn't mess with me.. Nor my cell phone LMAO! My last cb, whenever my phone would ring you'd hear some crazy crap in the speaker..
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Originally Posted by hi-jacker
Storm,
Where does your coax enter your truck?
Where does your coax enter your truck?
I then have my CB on the hump with a Panavise Mount..
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Storm-
Do you have your antennas ~8.75ish feet apart? For true co-phase, that's optimum placement (reference the 1/4 wave math stuff). Anything more or less, as I'm sure you know, causes clipping of the signal. This shortens your T/RX efficiency and can cause the finals to burn-up if your pushing power...
Do you have your antennas ~8.75ish feet apart? For true co-phase, that's optimum placement (reference the 1/4 wave math stuff). Anything more or less, as I'm sure you know, causes clipping of the signal. This shortens your T/RX efficiency and can cause the finals to burn-up if your pushing power...
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Originally Posted by ozx3+1
Storm-
Do you have your antennas ~8.75ish feet apart? For true co-phase, that's optimum placement (reference the 1/4 wave math stuff). Anything more or less, as I'm sure you know, causes clipping of the signal. This shortens your T/RX efficiency and can cause the finals to burn-up if your pushing power...
Do you have your antennas ~8.75ish feet apart? For true co-phase, that's optimum placement (reference the 1/4 wave math stuff). Anything more or less, as I'm sure you know, causes clipping of the signal. This shortens your T/RX efficiency and can cause the finals to burn-up if your pushing power...
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Originally Posted by Storm
Nah... Mines the width of the truck.. lol.. I'm pushin 40watt/Scoped.. She's peggin 8 miles right now without interference.. I don't use it much.. I'm fixing to switch my equipment to HAM now so those will go..
Ground-plane and line of sight allowing, I could talk 40 miles... Shoot skip to Australia? No problem... That rig is on the shelf now. I'll find the time to install it again one day. HAM is cool, but the curve to legal operation is long and somewhat steep. When I was a kid one of my workshop toys was somewhat BIGGER. I had a President Grant tuned via a VFO. 10, 11, and 12 meter band width... 1K watt of heat out of a PDL-II beam on horizontal and vertical rotors (yes, they had electronics way back then) and this thing was (and would still be) WAY ILLEGAL!! That rig would put the land-line phone systems out for miles. I traded it all for my first dirt bike.
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Originally Posted by Storm
Nah... Mines the width of the truck.. lol.. I'm pushin 40watt/Scoped.. She's peggin 8 miles right now without interference.. I don't use it much.. I'm fixing to switch my equipment to HAM now so those will go..
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Originally Posted by Bear Hunter
... are you able to get CB channels on all HAM radios or just certain ones...or none?
Don't quote me on it.. I just know its on the 124 band..
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Most of the Galaxie radios are 10 meter ham units. With a small mod to them they add the CB channels. Then peak it and tune it with a little box after it ( mine is a 150 swingin 220 watts 
) and your in business.
) and your in business.
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Yeah..the reason I asked about HAM is their radios look a lot better than the standard CB...some even come with detachable faceplates, which would facilitate a much cleaner install.
Anyone else confirm you can get CB channels on a HAM?.... if you can...thats what I'm going to run.
Anyone else confirm you can get CB channels on a HAM?.... if you can...thats what I'm going to run.
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Originally Posted by Bear Hunter
Yeah..the reason I asked about HAM is their radios look a lot better than the standard CB...some even come with detachable faceplates, which would facilitate a much cleaner install.
Anyone else confirm you can get CB channels on a HAM?.... if you can...thats what I'm going to run.
Anyone else confirm you can get CB channels on a HAM?.... if you can...thats what I'm going to run.
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And the equipment is normally better if you buy a Ham Radio. I use the Galaxie Radios. You can by them at the Flying J's and other truck stops. CB shops got them for less money sometimes and they are already peaked and tuned. That is just one opinion and I know there are many other radios that are as good or better. I just like the Galaxie myself.
Go here ( http://www.mods.dk/ ) Lots of info here.
Go here ( http://www.mods.dk/ ) Lots of info here.
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Well that settles it then... I wonder if there is any downside in using a Ham as a CB...other than having to take the test to legally operate the Ham.
Check this bad boy out:
Yaesu also has some nice looking ones.
Check this bad boy out:
Yaesu also has some nice looking ones.
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i have a 10 meter AM/FM/SSB/CW, ranger RCI-6900F radio and i had the cb shop convert it to operate on all cb channels and it will talk 7-8 miles when i have it on cb mode...........when i am on channel 19 my freq counter is at 27.1850...................my antenna is mounted on the back of my diamond plate toolbox directly in the middle, i made an L shaped bracket out of a piece of stainless steel with a 5/8" hole in it for my antenna mount.