Nova Scotia BS Thread

Think this needs pics. Why don't we meet for coffee, and you can take the pics?

 

That is 1/4 wavelength for C.B., isn't it?

 

Its a full wavelength

 

Isn't C.B. 11 metres?

 

I just double checked cb is 11 meters.

 

I'm 7am til 7pm the rest of the week

 

if this is an open invitation, I'd be down for another coffee night, any night besides thursdays, after 7 works for me.

 

I am pretty jammed up until next week. Don't wait on my account though!

 

Here's my CB install;
20170129_133353 by Mitch Parsons, on Flickr

I need to move my antenna farther away from my cab I think, I'm getting an SWR of 3.5 on channel 1 and 1.5 on channel 40. With both a 3 foot antenna and a 4 foot antenna. I think my back rack may be interfering.

 

What anetnna do you have?

 

.... a 4 foot one.

Nothing fancy.

 

Just a metal whip? If so you can cut a bit off of it to tune the swr

 

Well its fiberglass.

My SWR tells me my antenna is too short

 

Put it on a spring at least. Thatll also help get more of the antenna above the roofline. You want more than 60% of the antenna above.

 

I had a 3 foot, 1.5 SWR on channel one and 3.5 on 40, put a spring in, same results. Got a 4 foot with a bigger spring, 1.5 on channel 1 and 3.5 on 40. No change

 

How long is the cable that runs from the whip to the radio?

 

It's 10 feet

 

Yeah, that's my truck, yeah it's white.


DSC_0257 by Mitch Parsons, on Flickr


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DSC_0231 by Mitch Parsons, on Flickr

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DSC_0233 by Mitch Parsons, on Flickr

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