Those N4 are sweet radios, also on ssb if that's your thing. Yeah, that's the only thing about those outbacks. But when you are driving a plastic...
That's just one. The other is a lose "watt meter" and high SWR's. Haven't you heard....that CB shop got me 75 watts out of my 29 Classic!!! I...
For real, good luck finding one because I haven't been on the road for 5 years! The guys over by the Ontario west TV in CA used to be really good,...
That's what I always thought as well but after reading up and seeing for myself how little power is lost, it's just not worth the headache to get...
Put a new antenna stud on it. take some sandpaper and clean off the mounting location to bare metal and then put your stud on. You could run a...
Be careful with that radio. Those new mosfet radios don't like even slightly high SWR and they will blow the chokes and mosfets out of em if you...
100 watts is more than enough to get out and reach someone. With a nice efficient antenna set up, low loss coax and low SWR you will be shocked...
..oh and yeah, antenna lenght does fool an SWR meter but I still say 18 feet is the best way to get low SWR for most CBer's. You want to get down...
If you are still seeing high SWR then your next steep is the antenna mounting stud and antenna itself. Changing Coax length should have seen a...
Go through this forum and read up on any company you are looking at, then Goggle them and see if you can find any good or bad info on them before...
Call fed Ex Custom Critical before you go drive for Panther.
Mount it on the bottom of the top bunk maybe?
No, I drove for 20 years hauling reefers and that's all I enjoy doing. The only thing that sucks about it is the wait time at pickup and delivery...
LOL..and then you will be like me, itching to go back out on the road every day!
No, you need 18 feet to do it right. Trust me, it will work just fine after this.
Thanks Johnboy! You still happy there after all this time?
...and if you need help from some one who won't blow smoke up your butt then PM me. I've been around radios for 23 years and have yet to blow one...
Do yourself a favor and buy a radio with a built in amplifier/linear, Connex used to make a two pill radio that kicked butt. There is no need to...
STOP USING YOUR RADIO!!!!!!! No way you are getting that low of SWR with only 9 feet of coax!! You need at least 18 feet, that's why you can't...
Yes you can and no you wont have one single problem with it. But....if you end up getting electric noise from you alternator in the receive of...
