CB Blues

I’m in a 1998 379 peterbilt and have been for a while. Everything overhead concerning cb has been gutted and the only electronic wiring is for the AM/FM radio and speakers. I stripped all this out myself. All the old coax is gone and all that’s left is the air lines to open and close the passenger window and the air lines for the horn. Very bottom tucked way back into the crevis along the width of the truck is the wiring for the marker lights and that’s it. I’ve tried everything from 9’ to 18’ coax comboed with ever kinda antenna you can name. Connex 3300hp-zx all the way down to tweeted and peaked 29 ltd. now im pushing a brand new barefoot 25 through cophased K40 20,000. I can’t get out no further than probably a 1/4 mile and recievevabout the same or less. I’ve check ground RF and electrical. Got two brand new 3-way mirror moi ya with them fat heavy duty connectors and the K40s are perched dead level vertical and 108” apart

 

No sir. My dad makes all our coax too to bottom. Never had any kinds a problems with the coax. I tell you I’m at a complete loss. And to add... my dad an old school ham radio operator. Back since the early 60’s.

 

That’s what one would think. But after fire sticks and Wilson’s all the way down to the cheap roadpro helicoil and back up to the K40 I’m thinking something else. Usually all I can hear through any the radios I’ve used is the rf static you get when you back the squelch way down. The only thing I haven’t tried is a handheld. This is insane.