Just a few quick questions: hypothetically if a person were to run an amp in conjunction with his radio, my understanding is that with co-phased antennas you should run rg59 coax. So say this person also leaves the swr meter in line. My question is does a person run rg59 all the way from antennas to radio or go rg8 from swr/watt meter to amp to radio? Also am I missing something here that I have not thought of?
Co-phased antennas
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Yes, radio hooks to amp, then amp hooks to swr meter, then swr meter to antennas. The first thing is to make sure the antennas match your radio before even installing amp. The say an swr of 1.5 or less is best.
Some people tune each antenna separately. Since you are dealing with a co-phase antenna system, I would recommend adjusting both antennas at the same time. In other words, if you shorten one antenna by 1/4 of an inch, shorten the other antenna by 1/4 of an inch. The reason I think it's best to do it this way, is because the radio sees both antennas as one antenna.Last edited: Sep 10, 2020
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By the way.....what brand/model of cb and amp are you hooking up?
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Allegedly a galaxy 959 and a 4 pill fatboy
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Go here and read about how it works and how to set it up.
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Okay thank you sir. Your awesome!
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