Cascadia Antenna Solutions

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by mike5511, Apr 30, 2014.

  1. bored silly

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    gotta get me one of those testers very good thing to have ...
     
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    it's still crap
     
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    like I said before all the major amp builders say ground everything and then do some more grounding.I relate that to these trks. weather your running a lot of power or not ...
     
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    I have one in the truck and one in my tool box..
     
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    ok so it's tin still crap
     
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    ok looks like sheet metal----still crap
     
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    missing the point it's metal to metal that's being grounded..... ???
     
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    The object is to create an RF ground from the skin of the metal door to the metal of the cab to help bond all the parts together to create a larger counterpoise..
     
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    It doesn't matter you want to create a larger Mass that's all bonded together unless of course you choose to take the easy way out like Neverready did.
     
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    I prefer the quick easy way myself.
    Sounds like Ridgelines method was quite effective although very labor-intensive and time-consuming.