CB Radio.

Hi,

I'm looking for help with setting up a cb radio to fit into my disco1.

Not sure of all the bits and piece needed to get going but i'm sure one of you fine chaps out there will give me some pointers on what's needed for a reasonable setup.

Cheers.

cb radio
aerial
mounting surface
power

swr metre

THE BUDDAH said:

Hi,

I'm looking for help with setting up a cb radio to fit into my disco1.

Not sure of all the bits and piece needed to get going but i'm sure one of you fine chaps out there will give me some pointers on what's needed for a reasonable setup.

Cheers.

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what have you got so far.

THE BUDDAH said:

Hi,

I'm looking for help with setting up a cb radio to fit into my disco1.

Not sure of all the bits and piece needed to get going but i'm sure one of you fine chaps out there will give me some pointers on what's needed for a reasonable setup.

Cheers.

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deasy Daisy queasy oh whatever he is called is flogging a hand held you can stick an ariel into, what about that?

if its just for laning and p&ps surely that will do, anything else you have your mobile for.

wickford90 said:

what have you got so far.

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I have aerial and lead.
The handheld's are sold.

Iv'e seen B'grade cb and swr meter with swr lead for £69 in maplins.

DiscoPol said:

deasy Daisy queasy oh whatever he is called is flogging a hand held you can stick an ariel into, what about that?

if its just for laning and p&ps surely that will do, anything else you have your mobile for.

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NO
a hand held will not do . driving with a handheld is dangerous, possibly illegal and difficult to use.

The Mad Hat Man said:

NO
a hand held will not do . driving with a handheld is dangerous, possibly illegal and difficult to use.

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When it's plugged in its exactly the same as holding the mic on a normal CB

same size, same buttons, except you can flick up and down the channels on it

In fact the mic I have on my midland built in unit I can flick up and down the channels

THE BUDDAH said:

I have aerial and lead.
The handheld's are sold.

Iv'e seen B'grade cb and swr meter with swr lead for £69 in maplins.

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Not sure what else is needed. last time i had a cb was around 30 years ago...lol

THE BUDDAH said:

Not sure what else is needed. last time i had a cb was around 30 years ago...lol

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Well your definitely going to need the CB to connect your lead and twig to. you can probably borrow an swr meter to tune it in.

Ok you need:

1. A CB unit of your choice (cept or 27/81) complete with microphone, mounting bracket and power lead .. power lead may be fixed or plug in and should have no bigger than a 2A fuse.
2. An antenna tuned to 27Mhz. This can be mounted in many different ways to suit your needs, for instance, mag mount, gutter mount, mirror mount or good old fashioned surface mount.
3. Most antennae will come with co-ax already fitted with a PL259 plug. Usually anything up to 3 metres of cable, do NOT wrap the spare cable up in a tight coil as this will cause induction within the loops of the coil and therefore throw any SWR out the window.
4. A mic bracket if useful, but a small piece of velcro stuck to the buttom on the back of the mic will do just as well in partnership with the opposite type stuck anywhere of you choice.
5. A flat surface with sufficient space within the vehicle to mount your rig is useful, but by no means necessary.
6. A SWR meter, though strictly speaking you shouldn't NEED one.

First of all you need to think where you're going to be driving your Disco, If you're going to be doing some serious green lanes with overhanging branches, then a mag-mount / roof mount / mirror mount is no good for you, as the aerial will get wiped off quick style. Obviously if you're not going near over-hanging branches etc, then there's no problem.
I have a Disco and I mounted my aerial to a piece of bar that I bent & twisted to shape before welding it to the inside of the spare wheel carrier. You can buy one of these from ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Discovery-antenna-aerial-mount-cb-ham-/190684188663 if you don't want to make your own.
Because the aerial is partially hidden behind the bodywork of the car with this type of mount, you need a long top-load aerial to be able to get the SWR to tune in. I can't remember the part number, but it's part of the DV27 family the one that we all use, it has a tight spring mount at it's base so the aerial can "bend" over without putting stain on anything, they are also easy to SWR in.
However, buy mounting the aerial at the rear of the car, the coax cable that comes with the aerial is not long enough, you will need to fit an extension piece (available) and you also need to learn how to solder on the PL259 plug correctly.
Mounting to CB itself is relatively easy, just pick a place to put it, then run fused power & earth to it.

Helpful, i can use those ideas
Thank you.

mag mount from maplins the 7" one.they have a choice of areials.i got 2 diff size ones.
if going through alot of trees i use the smaller arieal.the cb i bought from maplins didnt need tunning in....i mounted mine on dash with some metal shaped and drilled to secure unit.didnt budge when offroading

THE BUDDAH said:

Not sure what else is needed. last time i had a cb was around 30 years ago...lol

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was ya in romford 30 years ago buddah?

was lots of cb clubs on the go then.

easye1 said:

was ya in romford 30 years ago buddah?

was lots of cb clubs on the go then.

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Well around that area, I was in Hornchurch then.

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they don't do the package I got anymore. Cost me about 90 quid for a midland 38 and all the mounts/mic/antenna/cable

TTI TCB660 Rig out of maplins, - about £60
SWR Meter from Maplins - about £ 12
Thunderpole Orbitor Ariel (x2) from Thunderpole - £ 15 Each, if i remember ... second one is only a dummy and isn't needed really.
Rear Ariel Mounts - from Thunderpole again, the one with the co-ax kit was about £6
the one for the 'dummy', about £ 3.50

See piccies on me profile page, in 'Haggis Landy'

I went for an external speaker as well.. but it didn't last long (£ 7 from Maplins ).. so chucked it and went for the H/D Version which i think was £8

Took about an hour to fit it all in, -- works a treat.

SWR of 1:1.2 at the Channel 1 end and 1:1.4 at channel 40, straight out the boxes... oh and remember to get a patch lead ( about £3 ) which you'll need for SWR-ing in.

Always pays to check the SWR ( Standing Wave Ratio )... cause you can bollox your setup, if it starts getting up near the 1:3 kind of region.

Its a piece of ****..
a bairn could do it



Maplins also do a relly neat 'basic' rig.. its a very neat size... not many 'features' but very functional...
for about £39. Daughters boyfriend got one, and he has had no hassle with it at all.
It doesn't 'scan', but so what ! ... we always use Ch4 to communicate between he and I,
so its no great loss to not have a scan feature... really neat small little unit it is.
Does everything it needs to.

its one of them must do things, fit one of my rigs in the disco..

had them for years, hence the question to buddah,
as we run a cb club in collier row romford well before it was "legal"

was called the ....pause, snigger now,

CRAB CLUB

collier row assoiated breakers......lol...


I got a good duel band rig, but I`ve never really used it, bought it about 10 years ago, got it out the box a few times, connected up in me shed, listened to silence or forign truckers, put it all away again.....yes, another must do thing.

Apparently Maplin do cb called Bgrade, it's ment to have all the same internal gibbins as the midland but it's a bit cheaper.