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| Author: | Eclipse20l [ Sat May 20, 2006 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | CB install help!!!!! |
I just purchased my FIRST cb radio and antenna kit. I have everything installed nice but I am getting a very high swr reading. I searched all over the Internet to find out how to fix this and I came up with my solution. I need to tune my antenna to my vehicle; I don't know what that means. I don't have a tunable antenna and I don't know what wires i need to cut. What I need from you guys is the name of a shop in Sacramento that installs CB radios. The yellow pages are useless and I have a mental block on what type of shop would do such a thing. I've called every 4x4 shop in the area and they barely even sell the radios let alone install them. Please help if you know of a place that does it or have a way to describe to me how to tune my antenna in newbie terms. |
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| Author: | lilmatty [ Sat May 20, 2006 7:06 pm ] |
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First read up on the process. Most ants are tunable. Take a look at http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs.htm For tuners you might look at truck stops. I've seen CB outfit around them. |
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| Author: | NorCalKJ [ Sat May 20, 2006 8:19 pm ] |
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I believe this is where I went to buy mine and have it installed. I don't remember exactly, but this name and location look familiar. They were nice guys and willing to help me mount and tune the antenna. CB Headquarters 3435 Mission Ave Carmichael 95608 916-485-4788 |
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| Author: | Eclipse20l [ Sat May 20, 2006 9:25 pm ] |
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Thanks alot guys, your info really helped, i got my cb up and running. i actually ended up getting a bottome loaded tunable ant and it works perfect. i wasted a nice fiberglas one tho cutting the coil wire off the top little bits at a time didn't really change anything. Firestik must have a secret about how to do that... anyway....... Thanks again for all the help |
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