new to cb need help

[jl1217]

hows everyone doing im new to this whole cb set up
i have a cobra 29 ltd cb and dual bully dog 1000 watt 4 foot antenna's
i have my antenna's mounted on my mirriors on my 95 ford f-350
my cb is getting power from my fusebox is that a good place for power?
my problem is my swr's when i go to calibrate it dont move at all i read it should go below 3 but its not going close
not to sure were to go maybe someone can run me through how to set everything up with out moving my antennas

thanks
justin

 

[Ohio_359]

Which of the 2 antennas are you going to use? You either need to use just one antenna or use a cophase harness. You can't just put a "T" in there and go with it.

I think antennas look really cool there, but performance wise it's a terrible location. If you use one antenna, the radiated pattern will be off to the opposite side of the truck. If you use the duals, it'll be very direction front/back. Unfortunately CB antennas on a pickup are one of those things that either look cool, or work great, but never at the same time.

 

[Daniel_Boone]

I agree with Ohio and I will add that anyone so stupid to think that they could transmit 1000 watts with a mirror mount antenna is about as stupid as a screen door on a submarine.

It's obvious that you do not understand even the basic's of broadcasting.

In order for your antenna's to work properly - you first need to establish some sort of ground plane.
The ground plane has to be at least 1/4 a wave length in size - which in 11 meters is about 8 foot square.

Hanging the antenna off the side of the truck does nothing except keep the clouds warm.

I would suggest that you get rid of all that garbage and use the approved 4 watts of power that the law allows. All your foot warmer will do is get you in trouble with the FCC - because if you are caught with it - you will get a hefty fine for broadcasting without a license and you will get your equipment taken away from you and a fine which is probably worth more then the pick up truck you have the system in.

A 1000 watt linear amplifier probably requires at least 60 amps of power - continuous in order to work correctly. To do that, you would have to add a second alternator - because after taking the 100 amps of power out of the charging system - even with a 160 amp alternator - there would not be enough power left in the system or the battery to run the computers in most modern vehicles and the lights and all the other devices.

What you end up with is a radio will all mouth and no ears.
What good does it do you to be able to talk 100 miles when you can't hear the people you are trying to talk to when they are more then 20 miles away when you are in a mobile?

Do you realize that when you are mobile - traveling 60 mph - trying to talk to another mobile going 60 mph in the opposite direction that your conversation will last less then 10 minutes?
Is it worth all the bother and expense to waste all that money on a radio and antenna's and amps when you could have put all that money into a cell phone and be able to talk anywhere you please on the same amount of money?

If the government would get after these loonies with these amplifiers - they could clean up the CB radio and maybe it would improve.

If you really want to talk long distances - get a ham radio operators license and go on the approved bands and then you would be legal to use as much as 1500 watts of power.
The rules say to only use what you need to do what you wish to do.
So that does not mean - that you automatically use 1500 watts of power anyways.

In all actuality - you could use 2 meters FM and repeaters and talk to hundreds of people in your travels as opposed to a couple of lunitics' with a CB radio.

So the bottom line is - who are you trying to impress with that rig anyways?

 

[Daniel_Boone]

I agree with Ohio and I will add that anyone so stupid to think that they could transmit 1000 watts with a mirror mount antenna is about as stupid as a screen door on a submarine.

It's obvious that you do not understand even the basic's of broadcasting.

In order for your antenna's to work properly - you first need to establish some sort of ground plane.
The ground plane has to be at least 1/4 a wave length in size - which in 11 meters is about 8 foot square.

Hanging the antenna off the side of the truck does nothing except keep the clouds warm.

I would suggest that you get rid of all that garbage and use the approved 4 watts of power that the law allows. All your foot warmer will do is get you in trouble with the FCC - because if you are caught with it - you will get a hefty fine for broadcasting without a license and you will get your equipment taken away from you and a fine which is probably worth more then the pick up truck you have the system in.

A 1000 watt linear amplifier probably requires at least 60 amps of power - continuous in order to work correctly. To do that, you would have to add a second alternator - because after taking the 100 amps of power out of the charging system - even with a 160 amp alternator - there would not be enough power left in the system or the battery to run the computers in most modern vehicles and the lights and all the other devices.

What you end up with is a radio will all mouth and no ears.
What good does it do you to be able to talk 100 miles when you can't hear the people you are trying to talk to when they are more then 20 miles away when you are in a mobile?

Do you realize that when you are mobile - traveling 60 mph - trying to talk to another mobile going 60 mph in the opposite direction that your conversation will last less then 10 minutes?
Is it worth all the bother and expense to waste all that money on a radio and antenna's and amps when you could have put all that money into a cell phone and be able to talk anywhere you please on the same amount of money?

If the government would get after these loonies with these amplifiers - they could clean up the CB radio and maybe it would improve.

If you really want to talk long distances - get a ham radio operators license and go on the approved bands and then you would be legal to use as much as 1500 watts of power.
The rules say to only use what you need to do what you wish to do.
So that does not mean - that you automatically use 1500 watts of power anyways.

In all actuality - you could use 2 meters FM and repeaters and talk to hundreds of people in your travels as opposed to a couple of lunitics' with a CB radio.

So the bottom line is - who are you trying to impress with that rig anyways?

 

[CoolCat]

Wow Boone, Did you forget to take your meds today?

I don't know what you were reading, but I don't see anywhere in Justin's post where he stated he was running a 1000 watt linear amplifier (or any amplifier at all). Next time you may want to try actually reading someone's post before ranting about how stupid you think they are. :roll:

I agree with Ohio and I will add that anyone so stupid to think that they could transmit 1000 watts with a mirror mount antenna is about as stupid as a screen door on a submarine.

It's obvious that you do not understand even the basic's of broadcasting.

In order for your antenna's to work properly - you first need to establish some sort of ground plane.
The ground plane has to be at least 1/4 a wave length in size - which in 11 meters is about 8 foot square.

Hanging the antenna off the side of the truck does nothing except keep the clouds warm.

I would suggest that you get rid of all that garbage and use the approved 4 watts of power that the law allows. All your foot warmer will do is get you in trouble with the FCC - because if you are caught with it - you will get a hefty fine for broadcasting without a license and you will get your equipment taken away from you and a fine which is probably worth more then the pick up truck you have the system in.

A 1000 watt linear amplifier probably requires at least 60 amps of power - continuous in order to work correctly. To do that, you would have to add a second alternator - because after taking the 100 amps of power out of the charging system - even with a 160 amp alternator - there would not be enough power left in the system or the battery to run the computers in most modern vehicles and the lights and all the other devices.

What you end up with is a radio will all mouth and no ears.
What good does it do you to be able to talk 100 miles when you can't hear the people you are trying to talk to when they are more then 20 miles away when you are in a mobile?

Do you realize that when you are mobile - traveling 60 mph - trying to talk to another mobile going 60 mph in the opposite direction that your conversation will last less then 10 minutes?
Is it worth all the bother and expense to waste all that money on a radio and antenna's and amps when you could have put all that money into a cell phone and be able to talk anywhere you please on the same amount of money?

If the government would get after these loonies with these amplifiers - they could clean up the CB radio and maybe it would improve.

If you really want to talk long distances - get a ham radio operators license and go on the approved bands and then you would be legal to use as much as 1500 watts of power.
The rules say to only use what you need to do what you wish to do.
So that does not mean - that you automatically use 1500 watts of power anyways.

In all actuality - you could use 2 meters FM and repeaters and talk to hundreds of people in your travels as opposed to a couple of lunitics' with a CB radio.

So the bottom line is - who are you trying to impress with that rig anyways?