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Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 5:35 pm: | 
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Hey everyone,
I'm new to the cb world and of course I'm hooked I wanna know what are good mods to do to my radio there are some hills around my area and wanting to know how to get out a little further.
The radio as the title says is a new Stryker 955hp it was peaked and tuned by a well known shop in the area with coax and antenna install and I put a ranger mic on the radio
Me and a friend with a general lee talked and It seems we could only talk about 3-4 miles tops we want to know how to get out a little further linears or what ever I'm not real smart on all the radio stuff but I'm here to learn. |
Sonoma
Intermediate Member
Username: Sonoma
Post Number: 282
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 1:00 am: |
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your antenna will be the biggest factor if you are talking mobile. on my setup I have a little trc-453 radio in my pickup with a K40 4 ft flex whip as K40 calls it and I have hills around me and I talk 20 miles when the skip is not running. |
Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 3:26 pm: |
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I'm in Pennsylvania it is a wide mountain range there isn't many big radios I can hear very far I have I good antenna the the cb shop installed when my radio i don't remember for sure but they told me it was a good one ! |
Jon666
Intermediate Member
Username: Jon666
Post Number: 490
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 6:05 pm: |
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what antenna do you have.
what don't kill you makes you stronger
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Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 7:32 pm: |
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I went out and looked the antenna is a Wilson 5000 |
Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 8:26 pm: |
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I looked its a Wilson 5000 |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1986
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 9:15 pm: |
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hey hetdiesel. welcome to fourm. what part of pa
ya in?? what antennas you guys both get? most likely its the terrain around you. if your in a area with alot of hills like me
that might be your best. also try ssb its better
for talking long distance
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
454 [dx numbers]
38lsb
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Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 5
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013 - 12:27 pm: |
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Alright might sound dumb whats ssb? And I live arround Dubois pa 101 mm off I80 |
Jon666
Intermediate Member
Username: Jon666
Post Number: 491
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013 - 6:04 pm: |
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if you have a Wilson 5000 you
should be good. maybe its the other guys antenna
what don't kill you makes you stronger
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Sonoma
Intermediate Member
Username: Sonoma
Post Number: 285
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 4:24 am: |
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what is the SWR reading on the antenna? |
Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 6
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 9:13 am: |
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We checked swr last night and mine is 1.5:1 and my buddy's is at 2:2 not sure what we need to do to lower is also has Wilson 5000 |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1987
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 4:18 pm: |
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on the wilsons [both of yours]. make sure your
antenna is straight up not tilted. also
must get coil ABOVE the roofline of your cab.
you,ll need atleast a 10 inch shaft.
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
454 [dx numbers]
38lsb
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Hetdiesel
New member
Username: Hetdiesel
Post Number: 7
Registered: 10-2013
| | Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 8:23 pm: |
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Ok today we adjusted my buddy's antenna ran a ground to the base it's mounted to then sanded the through hole on the mount swr is still 3:3 we tryed 3 antennas config 1 wilson 5000 with a 3" riser , then same Wilson 5000 with 10" riser , and last we tryed a custom antenna and all config got us 3:3 put a brand new coax on box said 18 ft for the lenth and were still 3:3 on his swr |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1991
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 7:47 pm: |
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ok when you were doing this did you try to
lenthen or shorten the whip part of antenna,this is a must.also what channel read a 2.2 swr???
wheres this antenna mounted???if your swr is
high on all 40 channels you got other issues.
usually you check ch. 1 and 40. normally one channel
WILL BE a little higher than the other. example
channel 1 swr 1.5
channel40 swr 1.8
in this case you would put whip lower into shaft
to try to balance it out.if the oppisite occurs you went too far on whip.
now if swr is oppisite from above example
example 1.8 on ch.1
and 1.5 on ch. 40 in this case you,d lenthen the antenna whip or pull it out a little from shaft
if this sounds confusing [it does to me] then go to you tube and type in how to use a swr meter
cbradiomagizine has a nice video on this.
im also in P.A northwest coner.
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
454 [dx numbers]
38lsb
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