issues with my cb...need advice

you need to get someone to check the SWRs. if you have tried all those antennas, and hear nothing, i would bet your coax is shorted, or there is a problem with the radio. seeing how you are having knob problems and random channel changing, i would bet the radio is the problem. you need to have the radio checked out and have the antenna system checked as well. any one of those being bad or a combo of them all will drive anyone nuts.

edit: any any CB shop worth anything will check a radio for free. some charge to check SWRs, but the real honest shops usually wont. they are thinking you will buy something to fix your problem. there is one CB shop in GA that i wont mention (at the cartersville exit) that charges you to set the SWRs on the antenna he sells. how sorry is that?

 

The could have been in the trash because they are bad. Antennas are known to have broken wires in the after wacking a tree or two. So I also say check the SWR. Because I feel you may have a antenna system problem (antenna, coax, or ground).

 

your welcome. advice is free. and the only stupid question is the one that is never asked.

 

You're welcome. I hope that it'll help get your radio working like it should.

 

There is a very good friend of mine who is big into all this and he is a ham operator , he stresses that the coax is very key in your CB that you should have min 6' to 8 ' and your coax should not be tangled up run all over paying close attention to not tangling it up , and like someone else said SWR is key also for ten to twenty dollars any CB shop will adjust this for you , I've seen good shops do it for free but good luck !!


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The minimum length of coax you should have is the length needed to get from the antenna to your radio, plus maybe a foot of slack at the radio end if you ever need to pull the radio.

He is right in that you should not simply ball up extra coax. If it's an extra foot or two, coil it up neatly and secure it. More than that should be cut off; put another connector on it and keep it as a jumper.

The "multiple of 9 feet" is urban legend. It does absolutely nothing for your antenna system. The only time specific lengths of coax are needed is if you are phasing multiple antennas.

 

Coax should be curled in a oval or figure 8. Not in a circle.

 

OK, I give up... why?