I just installed a cb in my oshkosh for winter and I'm running into odd situation. So I have antenna mount on mirror with firestick antenna. I disconnected the ground wire from ground and radio still had power I disconnected coax from back of radio and ur turned off what in gods name is going on? Please help
Groud through antenna?
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by B5love08, Nov 20, 2019.
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It’s called DC grounding. Basically the antenna is grounded through your mirror mount of your truck frame. The ground runs through the braided side of the coax to your radio, so when you unhook your coax there’s no ground to operate the radio. So the radio shuts off, unless you hook the ground wire back up to the negative side of your battery for the radio to work.202 and rabbiporkchop Thank this. -
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As far as electrical noise that is coming in through your antenna, that is something you just have to live with. A lot of these new LED lights, signs, and stop lights, create a lot of noise as you drive through town.Last edited: Nov 20, 2019
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Run pwr to battery and and gnd near the ant but on trk metal..Try to keep it short if possible..No need to go all the way down to frame..
No clue what kinda machine an oshkosh is but i wouldnt think a radio can still be running w/o a gnd wire attached...Electricial gnd and rf gnd are different....
Guess i need to do more study if its true that your radio can gnd through ant which doesnt sound right to me.. -
An Oshkosh truck is a specialty(military) truck. No plastic truck like today’s class 8 trucks. Plenty of ground available.
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Tks night stalker..Wasnt really interested in what it was but tks bub..
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I'm wondering what radio do you have op, and how old is the coax?
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