Erik from farpoint farms survival talks about the various places you can install your mobile cb radio setup including proper antenna placement to insure yo.
Cb antenna cable routing.
When installing a cb you have a long coaxial cable that runs from the cb to the antenna.
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Hey guys just picked up a k40 over the long weekend and thinking of how to run the coax cable.
Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio.
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Discussion starter 1 jun 25 2012.
Typically this is about 18 foot of cable which according to some theory is the optimal length of cable to use regardless of how close the antenna is to the cb.
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Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009.
A bad ground will result in an un tunable antenna and sky high swr levels.
First time posting but i ve been using this site religiously since i bought my titan back in october.
All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives.
You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax.
Going through the tailgate i ended up moving the cable routing from inside the frame through the firewall as i needed another foot or so to the tailgate mount.
While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly.
Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup.
Getting 1 0 to 1 1 swr on the 5 and 1 1 to 1 4 on the 2 antenna mounted on the rear bumper i was getting a 2 1 swr on the low end.
Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length.
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Running the wire from the antenna to the cb.
Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting.
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Where to run cb antenna cable.
Ground your antenna mount.
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Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything.
I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable.
Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008.
Cb antenna cable routing.
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