Communications Equipment / Radios
Who has CB/ ham/ or radio scanners in their vehicles, and why? I've been considering the three for a while, and ended up ordering a CB setup last night. I don't have a ham license and don't want to...
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SCVJeff wrote:
Is that 2.3:1? Yikes...That match should be below at least 1.5:1 for any kind of reasonable performance. How close is the spring to the chrome window frame? It's hard to tell but gotta work on that match. The good news is that's a nice install ! I'm taking notes thinking about mine :)
I see you went with real communication speakers... Good move
Yeah. SWR started out over 10... I was happy to get it anywhere close to the ideal range. Accomplished this by tuning the tips, pulling out the excess cable and bundling it more loosely, and going back to scrape more paint off where the mounts meet the bed. Was considering doing a better ground, but I tested the theory by running jumper cables from the frame to one of the antenna mounts and the SWR actually went up. Not sure if it would be different if both antennas had the same amount of grounding.
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Edit: maybe I can move them further apart. I have them 6" in from the bed rails so that they line up behind the bulk of the cab. Once again an aesthetic decision, but they'd have slightly less obstruction at the edge. Just don't want to go drilling a lot of holes in the bed of my truck. Any thoughts?
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I might have to move the antennas, just not sure to where. I can't use a mounting bracket that places them into the bed because that will interfere with my tonneau cover. The antennas are currently only a couple inches from the back window. If anyone has any suggestions of other things to try... please let me know.
