Cb Antenna Cable Routing

When installing a cb you have a long coaxial cable that runs from the cb to the antenna.

Cb antenna cable routing.

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. Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008. Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup. Joined dec 26 2009 15 posts.

Cb antenna cable routing. Running the wire from the antenna to the cb. Jump to latest follow 1 13 of 13 posts. Ground your antenna mount.

Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything. Hey guys just picked up a k40 over the long weekend and thinking of how to run the coax cable. If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax. Joined dec 18 2011 136 posts.

All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives. While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly. 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. First time posting but i ve been using this site religiously since i bought my titan back in october.

Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio. Jump to latest follow 1 17 of 17 posts. Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009. I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable.

Bmac sofa king cool. Jump to latest follow 1 9 of 9 posts. The coaxial cable running from your radio to the antenna is very important. Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting.

Where to run cb antenna cable. Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length. 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. You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax.

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. 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.