urbanwheeler
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Tryin to tune a new cb antenna without a swr meter. Any ideas?
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tuning a cb radio without swr meter
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messix
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not gonna happen
TigTorch
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Yea...You cant tune it if you have no meter to tune to.
How about simply not tuning it. If you've hooked it up using normal parts and practices its gonna work. Certainly tuning it will make it as efficent as possible.
If you have a short circuit in the antenna it wont transmit.
How about simply not tuning it. If you've hooked it up using normal parts and practices its gonna work. Certainly tuning it will make it as efficent as possible.
If you have a short circuit in the antenna it wont transmit.
crash2
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You can tune it with the higher channels. Its going to be a hit/miss without a swr meter.
you need to find someone w/ a meter, otherwise ch20 and shoot for the highest dead key( in a meterless world on a 40ch rig)
if its a fixed whip, you'll have to try and tune w/ the coax. 18' 6" is a good start and usually helps getcha in the ballpark w/ a decent match
if its a fixed whip, you'll have to try and tune w/ the coax. 18' 6" is a good start and usually helps getcha in the ballpark w/ a decent match
crash2
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Exactly. The higher in the bands you go on a poorly adjusted antenna the worse the line of sight gets. I grew up around highly modified CB stuff(dad belonged to a CB club back in the day).
Oh really? Maybe you can teach me how to hook up a linear amp....uh...just in theory that is!
crash2
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Oh really? Maybe you can teach me how to hook up a linear amp....uh...just in theory that is!
Haven't had one of those since my toy had a full cab :redneck: Ya I don't know anything about those
Zoediak
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Oh really? Maybe you can teach me how to hook up a linear amp....uh...just in theory that is!
haha... better make sure your system is set up and matched well before any 'amp' is applied, as it will also effect the SWR (Signal to Wave Ratio) or 'match'.
and don't forget those grounds...
ahh yes, the days of the modified CB's... still have a lot of my gear from the days when I used to dabble during my electronics courses... hahaha
still have my amps floating around somewhere too.... haha
fun times!!
Splane yo self. What does matched mean?
I dont know much, just know I want to talk to my friends from afar.
oldsrocket
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Theres a lot of good info to be had here http://www.firestik.com/
