I hope someone can help me out. I bought a Uniden Bearcat 980SSB a few months ago and put it in my 2011 Mack Pinnacle. I started off with a firestick. Would not broadcast more than couple hundred feet, and the receiving signal sounded like Charley Brown's teacher (muddled). Went to a duel antenna system with even less luck. Yesterday I purchased a Cobra 29 LTD and I cant transmit or hear anyone on it. Im running a Wilson 2000 Trucker now, with 18 ft on the more expensive coax. Can anyone help?
I've tried 2 different cb's in this Mack with no luck.
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Funkin Truckin, Jan 17, 2018.
Page 1 of 2
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
what's your swr's?Are you pinching the coax anywhere?
-
-
Coax usually junk inside mirror from getting twisted around. Pinnacle I drove I ended up installing my own single coax
Don’t recall where I mounted antennae, off fairing likely -
It sounds like you are having the same problems as the guys who drive the casscadia trucks. There’s a very informative thread about this problem on this forum. The problem is that the new trucks have fiberglass bodies instead of metal. It makes it difficult to match a cb antenna to the radio. -
Quickest way to see what the problem might be is to visit a cb shop that has an antenna analyzer.
rabbiporkchop and mike5511 Thank this. -
poppapump1332 Thanks this.
-
There is always a way to sneak one thru the firewall. Do what barcode said.
-
Sounds like a bad ground. You need an SWR meter and the knowledge on how to use it to see where you stand.
-
We already know his coax is pinched so thats a start..rabbiporkchop Thanks this.
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 1 of 2