Cascadia Antenna Solutions

That's...odd.

I can hear people I can't talk to because they are far enough out that I can't break their squelch.

Also remember... their stuff will affect how far out you will hear them.

If your kicker (or high power radio) interferes with *anything* in your truck... if it's a class C box, throw it in the trash... if not (or if it is, and you think it's worth converting to a linear box) find a real CB tech, who has the proper tools, and knowledge of how to use them. A dead giveaway that your tech is clueless is if he only watches a meter when he's tuning. 26-27MHz does not interfere with the electronics in your truck. Some of the higher-order harmonics of 26-27MHz absolutely will. A radio tuned by a tech who knows what he's doing will transmit on 26-27MHz...and that's it.

And just a note... if your #### is interfering with your truck...do NOT key it up near an airport. 3rd and 4th order harmonics (~108MHz and ~136MHz) will screw up ATC and other aviation communications. This will, beyond a shadow of a doubt, land you in jail. Possibly on terrorism charges. Federal prison for a long time if convicted. Proceed with caution!

http://www.jneuhaus.com/fccindex/aviation.html

 

My issue was that when I keyed up, it burnt up my amp. No reflect threw it back into the amp and radio

 

Lots of things that cause that to happen. It could very well be it was a combination of problems.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by no reflect, seeing as how the doors are aluminum on this truck, as is the fairly large framework of the cab. There's a lot of fiberglass in these cabs, but they're not all fiberglass, like the anteater and the T-2-me-too were/are.

Anyway, here's a video by a real tech, that shows what I was talking about above actually looks like on the tools. These butchered pieces of #### would really screw up your truck:



Note how at a quick glance, the waveform looks "OK" - but, watching in 720p,if you pause it right there and really look at it, you can see how messed up it is. This was probably tuned to a voice or whistle on a scope, rather than using a 1k tone so you can H-center it and thoroughly examine it.

They'll be doing what they're supposed to do after he gets done with them.

 

I was using Francis antenna of different lengths.

 

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Since It is prone to corrosion it needs to be kept clean for a good ground unlike the stainless ones.

 

There is a 7 foot firestick made just for the freightliner

 

Giving this a whirl.