Jonnyb1990
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Its finally been put on, not a sausage on the bands though,
Antenna is 1.5 meters is anyone was wondering
She's up !
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Its finally been put on, not a sausage on the bands though,
Antenna is 1.5 meters is anyone was wondering
Jonnyb1990
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Only thing its missing is auto search,
Dont even know if its working as it should due to lack of chatter lol
Dont even know if its working as it should due to lack of chatter lol
blue beasty
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Gimme 5 mins I need to nip to me Landy. Ch 16.....ok?
Jonnyb1990
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Let me find me keys,
Yeah 16 is great (4x4 and all that)
Yeah 16 is great (4x4 and all that)
aaronmorris
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So... Did it work? 
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no lol
the_wolf
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I'm the same . Picked up a couple of odd bits of chatter but on the whole it's just static
. Picked up a couple of odd bits of chatter but on the whole it's just static
timtheenchanteruk
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theres naff all on the airwaves thesedays, got a couple of nutters roudn me who clog up 19 all day, and not alot anywhere else, not even heard any truckers anymore.
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Will do more than not get anything, transmitting with an SWR that's too high will fry your cb
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Got a single solitary "Roger" this morning but when I tried to ask him where he was he'd gone. Never heard another thing all day.
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Tip of the day:
Even for CB - actually especially for CB, you need to understand that the springy 6-ft thing clamped onto a Landy of any description, is only half the aerial.
If you don't have a good counterpoise, then the aerial will not work - simples...
A Counterpoise is what you bolt or mag-mount it to. Defenders are notorious for having very little steel and even bolting one onto the rear door of a disco probably won't provide enough CP against the antenna anyway.
Thus, your expensive antenna won't work.
Even for CB - actually especially for CB, you need to understand that the springy 6-ft thing clamped onto a Landy of any description, is only half the aerial.
If you don't have a good counterpoise, then the aerial will not work - simples...
A Counterpoise is what you bolt or mag-mount it to. Defenders are notorious for having very little steel and even bolting one onto the rear door of a disco probably won't provide enough CP against the antenna anyway.
Thus, your expensive antenna won't work.
the_wolf
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Any tips on how to know if you have a good CP? I would have thought that if your SWR reading was low then you're jammin. My antenna is mounted and grounded onto the gutter of my truck cab and I'm getting an SWR of 1.5 or less
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yellow90
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funny thing is there are 2 cars at college with these massive ariels on and cb's that work !
one is an Austin allegro and the other is a 2004 ford fiesta
must get mine working !
one is an Austin allegro and the other is a 2004 ford fiesta
must get mine working !
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Having a massive antenna (not an aerial ) isn't a bad thing as it increases range. You just need to make sure you get a good ground and have it set properly.
) isn't a bad thing as it increases range. You just need to make sure you get a good ground and have it set properly.
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OK, so your grounding to aluminium which is frankly crap.
To get a decent CP, mount to as much steel as you can find - on a 'fender it's rather hard, but you do sit on a sodding great lump of the stuff - the chassis - Now mounting an aerial on the chassis is not the easiest thing in in the world, so you have to do the best you can....
Remember, copper is the best CP and Steel is also quite good.... get my drift here?
You also need to remember that SWR changes with frequency. So, you set your CB up on, say Ch2 and SWR it from there - by the time you get to CH40, the SWR will have changed - its a compromise, so make the most of it - SWR your rig in on the middle channel that you have: eg: 40ch set, SWR on 20. That way, your going to be in a better position working +/- either side of Ch20 from an SWR point.
Next lesson will be about cable 'twix rig and antenna
To get a decent CP, mount to as much steel as you can find - on a 'fender it's rather hard, but you do sit on a sodding great lump of the stuff - the chassis - Now mounting an aerial on the chassis is not the easiest thing in in the world, so you have to do the best you can....
Remember, copper is the best CP and Steel is also quite good.... get my drift here?
You also need to remember that SWR changes with frequency. So, you set your CB up on, say Ch2 and SWR it from there - by the time you get to CH40, the SWR will have changed - its a compromise, so make the most of it - SWR your rig in on the middle channel that you have: eg: 40ch set, SWR on 20. That way, your going to be in a better position working +/- either side of Ch20 from an SWR point.
Next lesson will be about cable 'twix rig and antenna
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I might improvise then so I can keep it where it is. SWR is spot on across the full range, checked that out a number of times and its never more than 2
