Cb Antenna Cable Routing

While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly.

Cb antenna cable routing.

Cb antenna cable routing. All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives. Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything. Jump to latest follow 1 9 of 9 posts.

Jump to latest follow 1 13 of 13 posts. Joined dec 26 2009 15 posts. Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length. Discussion starter 1 jun 25 2012.

I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable. Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio. Typically this is about 18 foot of cable which according to some theory is the optimal length of cable to use regardless of how close the antenna is to the cb. Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup.

Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting. Bmac sofa king cool. Running the wire from the antenna to the cb. Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009.

Joined dec 18 2011 136 posts. Joined sep 21 2007 2 827 posts. Erik from farpoint farms survival talks about the various places you can install your mobile cb radio setup including proper antenna placement to insure yo. If you re using a standard cb antenna i e anything except a no ground plane or ngp kit you ll need to make sure your antenna mount is solidly grounded to the vehicle s chassis.

Jump to latest follow 1 17 of 17 posts. Going through the tailgate i ended up moving the cable routing from inside the frame through the firewall as i needed another foot or so to the tailgate mount. You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax. A bad ground will result in an un tunable antenna and sky high swr levels.

Hey guys just picked up a k40 over the long weekend and thinking of how to run the coax cable. The coaxial cable running from your radio to the antenna is very important. Where to run cb antenna cable. Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008.

Getting 1 0 to 1 1 swr on the 5 and 1 1 to 1 4 on the 2 antenna mounted on the rear bumper i was getting a 2 1 swr on the low end. If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax.