Cb Radio Antenna Wiring

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Cb radio antenna wiring. When you consider how to hook up a cb radio be sure to use thickly insulated coaxial cable coated to protect against the weather such as the rg 38 or rg 58 cable and stainless steel or metal connectors such as the motorola type or pl 259 which has a large connector. Testing the cb antenna ground. This is how i installed my cb into my 2015 ram 4x4. Cb installation cb mounting bracket.
All cb radios are equally powered out of the box but not always the same price. Cb antenna radio tuning. One of our brilliant customers found a unique way to mount a 2 ft firestik on his honda civic. Power supplies and inverters.
Home built antenna experiments on cb radio 5 august 1992. Cb radio mic included antenna may already have coax cable coax cable may already be connected to the mount magnetic mount tapping clips 1 antenna spring so it ll flex in lieu of snapping shattering note. Cb radio antenna dipole antenna. My dad had an old shakespeare cb antenna but it s made for a drill in mount.
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Installing a cb antenna on a honda civic. Where you install the cb itself is only important in regards to its ease of access and the orientation of the speaker so you can hear it. 20 for the radio and 80 for. Cb radio starter kits.
The customer had originally purchased an mk748r trunk lip mount but didn t like the look of it rather than sticking with the mount he drilled a hole in the trunk and mounted the cb antenna with a firestik k4 stud directly to the lid. Shop our complete line of cb antennas including complete kits fiberglass magnetic and more to get you up and running. It s easy to build your own cb radio base station antenna with a piece of 50 ohm coax cable such as rg 58 and 20 30 feet of wire any gauge. Below are links to items i used to install it.
Cb radio antenna mount stud pl259 so 239 and how to keep them dry. You ll need a multi meter to check your cb antenna s ground. If you need to know how to use one read this article on testing for continuity an easy way to test your antenna s ground is check continuity between the cb antenna mount and your vehicle ground because if the antenna mount is well grounded so is your antenna. But where i have placed my cb antenna works just fine for talking to my buddies when i 4x4.
Kits come with all the parts including mounts coax cables and bolts or nuts for easy installation. I ve heard that you should spend 100 on your first setup.