CB Install Help - Warning Greenhorn....Speak slowly :-P

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Dirty Money, Aug 4, 2014.

  1. Dirty Money

    Dirty Money Bobtail Member

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    Alright folks. I will post some pictures soon. I have completed an install of a 5 foot firestick on a mirror mount setup with 18ft Walcott wire and glad to report my highest SWR is now about 1.5 on channel 1 and pretty much falls off from there down to a little under 1 on channel 40. Thanks to so excellent advise and parts from Walcott she is working like a charm now.
     
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  3. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    If you coil that around a coffee can it will make a really good choke.
     
  4. aimhigh

    aimhigh Light Load Member

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    Hi Dirty Money: The guys have given you some good advice/feedback. As you grow into your mobile cb radio operations, check out the following web site as it will confirm some of their replies.
    www.k0bg.com

    This site was developed and is often updated by a Amateur (ham) radio operator (Alan Applegate) who gets right down to the facts and solutions to most mobile radio operations. It is a very easy site to follow as topics are in alphabetical order.

    If you are thrilled about cb radio ops: then you should also check out mobile HF Amateur (ham) radio one day! There are many otr truck drivers such as myself, who simultaneously run cb radio, 2meter vhf/70cm uhf ham radios using Echolink, APRS and or DStar, HF 10meter to 40meter bands and digital police scanners in the truck.

    It sounds like a lot, but its not. If you like mobile cb radio operations; You would also like mobile ham radio!

    aimhigh
     
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