Single antenna or co -phase

I'm not going to get off in a pissin' contest again with you. But Yup is right. CB has always been about tweeking and tuning to get a little better performing radio. Especially for truck drivers. Are there shops that don't know what they are doing and turning out splatter boxes? Yes! Are there shops who are experts at what they do? Yes! Your constant reminders here about the hallowed FCC rules does nothing but fall on deaf ears and is mostly taken as a "holier than thou" attitutude. Why do you persist? For the record, I don't advocate breaking the rules so badly you interfere with others. But I will continue to run my export radios, and especially so if annoys you and your minions here on this board. If I was ham, and I have friends who are and have tried to get me in it, I would be more conscious of the FCC and their rules. But the FCC don't care what I do as long as I'm not screwing up airport communications or something of the like, or some do-gooder hammer isn't trying to save the world and files some B.S. complaint on me. And I promise none of the drivers here care what you non-driver/cb experts and you truck drivin' hammers think about our illegal radios. I do appreciate what you have to offer as far as your technical expertise. But you can keep your "FCC comments" to yourself. They (FCC) don't care, you should let it go as well!!

 

yep thats right

 

Sorta maybe off topic...but I'm gonna throw it out there.

Its hard to beat Firestick antennas...the similar K40's are good too (both tuneable tips)

I prefer the Firesticks, but I'm running K40's now because I had them from years ago (same as the new ones though)...a bad storm a few weeks back blew something into the right side Firestick and broke it off (I honestly think it was a duck...I saw webbed feet) I had the K40's under the mattress for spares....so thats what I'm using.

I think dual antennas look better...but a single can be more powerful.

 

Another thing about radio power...

In order to notice any real difference...you have to double it.

Example....from 4 to 8 watts, you'll notice significant difference...but going from 8 to 10 watts doesn't accomplish much.

My radio (Galaxy 959) was tuned by the guys at GI Joes, when its turned up it has a 6 watt dead key and swings to 12 watts...turned all the way down it has a 2 watt dead key and swings to 6 watts...everybody says it sounds real good, but I don't know...never been on the other end of it.

Thats all the power that is ever needed IMO...I do have a Galaxy 95t also....ran it for about 5 years, great radio...but everything with the antennas has to be right...I had to run a ground wire from the antenna mount to the top of the door hinge, then another from the bottom of the door hinge down to the frame...without that ground it couldn't handle the power (150 watts), it also had to be wired into the hot terminals for the fuse box...those 15 watt hookups in the dash wouldn't carry the load (up to 35 watts)....got tired of going through all that work every time I switched trucks.

A good (working) CB is an important tool...and required if you pull loads that require escorts, you have to be able to communicate with them.

 

Good post. All these new trucks I have fooled with need those ground straps. It helps whether you run power or not. I slip seat so I never get a good SWR unless the assigned driver has done the necessary grounding. I hardly ever talk anymore, but you're right, "a good working CB is an important tool". At the rate things are going, we'll all have to go to those no-ground RV antennas one of these days!

 

I was looking for info on coax phase and happened across this..
Lol bleed over means a poorly tuned radio..That power being sent to more than one freq other than desired one...
Yes i know this originally was said back in 2011..

 

Maybe that's what these cascadias need is a cophased setup..do you know of anyone that's tried it and worked...or maybe a no ground antenna.

 

Been thinkin about it myself..
Never measured the distence between mounts to see if it will be 9 ft or not...
Then added conbections and issues with keeping an ant there...
Not sure if extra work work,cost n hassel is worth it..

Thats got nothin to do with me responding to the bleed over comment above

 

A ngp ant set up looses about 20% over the ground plain set up..So i hear..

 

Trailer is 102" wide. Antennas should be that far apart at a minimum. Outside the rear fairings would be the logical place to mount them.