Cb Antenna Cable Routing

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Cb antenna cable routing.

A bad ground will result in an un tunable antenna and sky high swr levels. Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008. Discussion starter 1 jun 25 2012. Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio.

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Where to run cb antenna cable. Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup. Hey guys just picked up a k40 over the long weekend and thinking of how to run the coax cable. Joined sep 21 2007 2 827 posts.

Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length. Running the wire from the antenna to the cb. Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting. If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax.

I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable. 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. 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.

Cb antenna cable routing. All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives. 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. Bmac sofa king cool.

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. The coaxial cable running from your radio to the antenna is very important. Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything. Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009.

When installing a cb you have a long coaxial cable that runs from the cb to the antenna. While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly.