hiya buddy, your giving ur age away, lolol
being a new member of this response group we work with ksar etc and im learning alot as i go along, but know ive got a huge amount of learning to do
appreciate u guiding me towards good web sites etc
gary
hiya buddy, your giving ur age away, lolol
being a new member of this response group we work with ksar etc and im learning alot as i go along, but know ive got a huge amount of learning to do
appreciate u guiding me towards good web sites etc
gary
hiya
also meant to ask is TTi cb's any good, also to save me having to scratch the paint off, can i simply put an earth ring onto the mounting bracket then a short piece of wire down to the spare wheel mount with o ring connectors on each end of the wire.
also seen some quick release aerial fittings are these any good, will they effect the aerials reception quality, just thought it would be ideal to stop sticky fingers , if i used one of these fittings would i have to use a swr meter
thks again
gary
also meant to ask is TTi cb's any good, also to save me having to scratch the paint off, can i simply put an earth ring onto the mounting bracket then a short piece of wire down to the spare wheel mount with o ring connectors on each end of the wire.
also seen some quick release aerial fittings are these any good, will they effect the aerials reception quality, just thought it would be ideal to stop sticky fingers , if i used one of these fittings would i have to use a swr meter
thks again
gary
teddywood1
Well-Known Member
the mount will earth its self the easiest way of testing "earth" is to conect it all up including the coax plug and switch the cb on the take the negitive wire out of conection if the "earth" is good then it will stay on BUT do not transmit this way you must reconect the negitive wire .also i have lost touch with cbs that was a long time a go so can not tell you on which cb to have , the only thinkg i can tell you is that you do not have to have a licence any more.
thks for that, as i saw a wire coming off another bracket so i assumed this was a ground wire etc,
will do that once i get my rig, been also looking for cb reviews that are normally nest to cb for sale
thks again
gary
teddywood1
Well-Known Member
where did you see that and it was probably the coax
hiya
saw a pic somewhere of a cb aerial mounted onto a metal bracket, it had a wire connected to the base of the aerial and went down and bolted onto the body
what i saw on a cb site was they said to scrape off the paint in order that the aerial can get a good earth against the body, if not get 2 x 0 style electrical crimps, put one on each end of a wire, then one goes at the base of the aerial and then onto a good ground place on the body, in my case the spare wheel bolt,
gary
saw a pic somewhere of a cb aerial mounted onto a metal bracket, it had a wire connected to the base of the aerial and went down and bolted onto the body
what i saw on a cb site was they said to scrape off the paint in order that the aerial can get a good earth against the body, if not get 2 x 0 style electrical crimps, put one on each end of a wire, then one goes at the base of the aerial and then onto a good ground place on the body, in my case the spare wheel bolt,
gary
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teddywood1
Well-Known Member
another way of testing a good earth is get a continuity meter as found on mulity meters if you do not have one the get a long piece of wire and a bulb run a live of the battery and earth the other side of the bulb onto the mount when the wheel has been tightened up and it should light ,with the mulity meter just get a good earthing point and then one lead on that and the other on the bracket , i have tried both ways and they both work
hiya
yep got a decent multimeter, still got all my electrical testing stuff when i was a boiler breakdown engineer
will do that when ive got it fitted, going to get someone to lift the wheel off for me as i simply cant do things like that anymore,
thks so much and sorry asking so many questions and being a apin, always like to understand things properly and sometimes know im a bit slow on the uptake , lol
thks again for all the great info
gary
yep got a decent multimeter, still got all my electrical testing stuff when i was a boiler breakdown engineer
will do that when ive got it fitted, going to get someone to lift the wheel off for me as i simply cant do things like that anymore,
thks so much and sorry asking so many questions and being a apin, always like to understand things properly and sometimes know im a bit slow on the uptake , lol
thks again for all the great info
gary
iceeman
Member
hi there
i know this is old thread,, im looking for cb freelander bracket like this,,did you buy it or make it ,, can you give me details of where you bought it or if made,, can you give me measurements etc,,
cheers in advance
SES88
Well-Known Member
I have a spare one that I bought but can't fit cos of my ladder. You can have it for £20 posted (it's the one teddywood makes)
iceeman
Member
Im in Limerick ireland ,, teddy wood gave me postage cost of £15 from uk to ireland ,,teddy charging £28 with postage let me know if £20 still ok with you,
