Cb Antenna Cable Routing

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Cb antenna cable routing.

Getting 1 0 to 1 1 swr on the 5 and 1 1 to 1 4 on the 2 antenna mounted on the rear bumper i was getting a 2 1 swr on the low end. Erik from farpoint farms survival talks about the various places you can install your mobile cb radio setup including proper antenna placement to insure yo. Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio. Ground your antenna mount.

All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives. Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009. Typically this is about 18 foot of cable which according to some theory is the optimal length of cable to use regardless of how close the antenna is to the cb. Joined dec 18 2011 136 posts.

Jump to latest follow 1 9 of 9 posts. Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything. You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax. When installing a cb you have a long coaxial cable that runs from the cb to the antenna.

Joined dec 26 2009 15 posts. While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly. I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable. Where to run cb antenna cable.

Cb antenna cable routing. A bad ground will result in an un tunable antenna and sky high swr levels. Jump to latest follow 1 13 of 13 posts. Discussion starter 1 jun 25 2012.

Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length. If you re using a standard cb antenna i e anything except a no ground plane or ngp kit you ll need to make sure your antenna mount is solidly grounded to the vehicle s chassis. Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup. If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax.

Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008. Running the wire from the antenna to the cb. The coaxial cable running from your radio to the antenna is very important. Bmac sofa king cool.

First time posting but i ve been using this site religiously since i bought my titan back in october. Going through the tailgate i ended up moving the cable routing from inside the frame through the firewall as i needed another foot or so to the tailgate mount.