Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting.
Cb antenna cable routing.
If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax.
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.
You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax.
While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly.
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Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length.
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A bad ground will result in an un tunable antenna and sky high swr levels.
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Hey guys just picked up a k40 over the long weekend and thinking of how to run the coax cable.
Where to run cb antenna cable.
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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.
All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives.
The coaxial cable running from your radio to the antenna is very important.
Running the wire from the antenna to the cb.
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.
I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable.
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If you re using a standard cb antenna i e anything except a no ground plane or ngp kit you ll need to make sure your antenna mount is solidly grounded to the vehicle s chassis.
Ground your antenna mount.
Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything.
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