short antennas
Road Master
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RE: short antennas
Well, I installed them (easy) and ran them a couple of days now...the signal seems OK, but I put an SWR meter on the CB antenna and I can;t get the wave ratio below 3:1....tried everything I know how, but that stays at 3:1 or higher????
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RE: short antennas
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Well, I installed them (easy) and ran them a couple of days now...the signal seems OK, but I put an SWR meter on the CB antenna and I can;t get the wave ratio below 3:1....tried everything I know how, but that stays at 3:1 or higher????
Well, I installed them (easy) and ran them a couple of days now...the signal seems OK, but I put an SWR meter on the CB antenna and I can;t get the wave ratio below 3:1....tried everything I know how, but that stays at 3:1 or higher????
Intermediate
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RE: short antennas
The SWR meter should be connected between the radio and the wire running to the antenna because you are actually tuning the wire too.
Has anyone trimmed their CB antenna and had it work well?
Sounds like the FM antenna can easily be trimmed but I'd like to keep them near the same length.
Has anyone trimmed their CB antenna and had it work well?
Sounds like the FM antenna can easily be trimmed but I'd like to keep them near the same length.
Road Master
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RE: short antennas
Bro....do NOT use that CB with that 5 dollar antenna!!!!
CB antennas are WAY different froom regular AM/FM ones....you will burn up that CB most ricky tick if you use it with anything other than an antenna designed for CB!!!
CB antennas are WAY different froom regular AM/FM ones....you will burn up that CB most ricky tick if you use it with anything other than an antenna designed for CB!!!
Road Captain
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RE: short antennas
For the stereo antenna....just cut it....I took 10" off mine...much better and no reception issues. As others have said...just make sure you take the excess of the bottom so the little ball on the end is in the portion you put back on the bike.
Road Warrior
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From: TX
RE: short antennas
I have a couple of the short rubber ones if anyone wants them.
$12 shipped to your door
Just PM me
They were put on the bike, I didnt like the way they looked so I took them off and chopped down my factory ones
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$12 shipped to your door
Just PM me
They were put on the bike, I didnt like the way they looked so I took them off and chopped down my factory ones
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Road Captain
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From: MA
RE: short antennas
I cut mine down to 31 inches (same length as both antennas on my vehicles) and AM/AM/Weatherband still works as well as with previous length of roughly 47". This may have adverse effects on CB performance but I do not use CB functionality. I'm still looking to find a 'good' short rubber 'stubby' replacement but at the new cut length I'm not poking my eye out walking around the bike in the garage nor am I having to get gas pump hoses to clear the original antenna height (I like to fill from the same side as the bike stand as it is leaning in that direction).
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