cb installation

[nvycrmn]

here are a few pics of where i mounted my cb. i set the master controls to rear and tucked them into the console so i can still use rear air controls. i mounted an external speaker in the cubby right there in the console. looks pretty good and i can hear loud and clear.

http://s990.photobucket.com/albums/af25/nvycrmn/cb%20installation/

 

[dgray69]

nice, very clean, i had wanted to do that but couldnt, the connex radio is as wide as the console, makes it rough

 

[nvycrmn]

yeah, mine just happened to fit perfectly. now if i could just get that damn antenna to match! my swr is through the roof!!!! gonna buy new antenna and coax, see if that helps.

 

[walnuts4x4]

wow people still use CBs... lol thought they died with Burt Renolds and Smokey and the Bandit.... Just kidding...lol

 

[nvycrmn]

yeah, we still use em. hahahahha. i use mine for long road trips or when im offroading with a group of people. so much easier than trying to hold a cell phone or losing reception in the mtns!!!!

 

[outkast]

Yeah, my texas ranger won't fit there either, otherwise that looks sweet.

yes, people still use CB's, ok, well maybe just us.

what is your setup? Antenna? Could be alot of reasons for your SWR's to be high...I hope you are using an external meter not the stocker right?

 

[outkast]

I just looked at your sig pic up close....if your antenna is grounded to that bar, its probably your problem...unless you have a ground strap on it.

 

[dgray69]

I would ground strap it anyway, i run a big connex radio, with a excaliber ant, and heavy gray coax, but that will be changing, im wanting to mount the ant to the rear bumper, with a slip sleeve on it to extend it up over truck

 

[outkast]

a slip sleeve will kill your SWR's, and even with a 102" whip, you still kill your ground plane. As long as your not talking DX and don't mind a 3-4 mile recieve, it will be all good. The best placement on these rigs is dead center on the roof, where you are now. That way, it uses the roof for a ground plane.

I'm pretty sure he mounted that on his factory cargo bar, which has rubber ends and no ground, similer to the setups on KW t-2000's

He needs ground.

I run a Texas Ranger TR-296 (old school) with a 12 watt dead key, swinging around 27 watts. I run RG gold coax 18' hooked to a K-40 mag mount. my SWR's are flat on 1 and 1.3 on 40, and I can recieve 7-10 miles with the squelch on.

When I first installed it, I could barely hear the flying J 1/4 mile from me, so I started researching stuff till I learned. Beleive it or not, everything I learned on channel 19 trucking about CB's was wrong. LOL

 

[nvycrmn]

ur right. i did run it through the roof rack, which i thought would serve as a ground but i forgot that the bar itself isnt grounded. that could be one of my main problems. i will run a groundwire through it and try it that way.
as far as the swr meter being used, yes, i am using the internal one on the radio. is that not accurate?

 

[outkast]

naw, they are hardly ever accurate...go to radio shack (or whatever) and buy a swr/mod meter...just a 20$ one will do. They are much more accurate, and if you want that bad boy to survive without replacing finals every few months...then its a necsesitiy.

I imagine a ground strap will cure your problems, although if your coax is dry rotted or cracked, that will be the culprate too.

BTW..nice radio...those thing can really talk if they are done up right.

 

[KWT2000]

is that a COBRA 29 BT? thats the radio i run in my big truck... after having it peaked and tweaked it works awesome... your console is different then my 97, does anyone know if that style will fit in mine???

 

[outkast]

you should be able to fit the "wide" console, long as you have buckets.