Shorty Antenna
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From: Michigan 15 Minutes East Of Hell
The "match" of your antennas can be checked with an "SWR" meter ( probably available through a Radio Shack store ) I don't believe that the shorty antennas available can be adjusted but I think that I remember reading that there was something your "play with" in the coax ( cable ) for the CB under the mat in the Tour Pak ... somebody jump in here and correct me if I'm wrong ... Do a search on the Forum ...
Tourer
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From: East Coast
My antennae are both marked in raised lettering in the black plastic at he mount - hard to see but it's there - "AM/FM" on the left; "CB" on the right. Other than that, almost invisible, lettering, the two appear to be identical, though we know they're not.
Tourer
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From: Mobile, AL
OK...so let me show my ignorance here. Everyone says AM/FM on the left but if I take the liner out of the tour pak so I can see the cables the cable with the knurled coax connector (like my dad's old cb back in the day) is on the left (as I'm sitting on the bike). The AM/FM just has a slide together coax.
So...am I wrong about the cables or does the MOCO just place them on the side they want to on that day?
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Northern NY
OK...so let me show my ignorance here. Everyone says AM/FM on the left but if I take the liner out of the tour pak so I can see the cables the cable with the knurled coax connector (like my dad's old cb back in the day) is on the left (as I'm sitting on the bike). The AM/FM just has a slide together coax.
So...am I wrong about the cables or does the MOCO just place them on the side they want to on that day?
So...am I wrong about the cables or does the MOCO just place them on the side they want to on that day?
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 381
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From: East Coast
OK...so let me show my ignorance here. Everyone says AM/FM on the left but if I take the liner out of the tour pak so I can see the cables the cable with the knurled coax connector (like my dad's old cb back in the day) is on the left (as I'm sitting on the bike). The AM/FM just has a slide together coax.
So...am I wrong about the cables or does the MOCO just place them on the side they want to on that day?
So...am I wrong about the cables or does the MOCO just place them on the side they want to on that day?
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Too far east
So teedubya - are you saying the shorties work fine with the tourpack on and a couple riders up? My local HD warned against switching to them from the whips when I had them do the quick detach for the tourpack for my 14 Ultra - said people had reception problems with the shorties.
Road Master
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From: ONT
CB Antenna is definitely located on the right side of the TP and the radio antenna is located on the left side of the TP when it left the factory. If you open up your TP and remove the liner it will expose the connections. You will also not a metal plate in the TP which the CB Antenna is grounded to. Just before the ground connection on the CB Coaxial Cable is a bayonet type connection. This connection has a habit of corroding and causes the CB to have poor TX & RX.
The Antennas are marked CB and AM/FM on the bottom on the Antenna, at least starting in 09 they were. There is also a 09 on the CB Antenna as it was changed after 08. 08 and before had coils built into them but starting in 09 the coils no longer are there.
The Antennas are marked CB and AM/FM on the bottom on the Antenna, at least starting in 09 they were. There is also a 09 on the CB Antenna as it was changed after 08. 08 and before had coils built into them but starting in 09 the coils no longer are there.
Last edited by Nute; Feb 25, 2015 at 01:22 PM.
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From: Knoxville, Tn
Antennas
If you look at a Classic, it only has one antenna and it is one the l/h side of the tourpack, and it has no CB radio.
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I tried different shorty antennas & didn't like them.
I caught the Boom shorties on sale Christmas &
bought them.They perform better & don't flop
around in the breeze like some of the cheap ones.
I caught the Boom shorties on sale Christmas &
bought them.They perform better & don't flop
around in the breeze like some of the cheap ones.
