Jordancemery
Newbie
Hello, I am a noob when it comes to CBs but we recently started off-roading so want a way to keep in touch with everyone we ride with.
I bought a Bearcat 980SSB because the reviews looked great. I am also using a 2’ firestik II tunable tip. I originally had a co phase setup but now I am using just one antenna to troubleshoot.
The problem is I am getting very little range at all, maybe 75-100 yards line of sight.
I thought maybe I was getting electrical interference with other electronics in the side by side, bought a noise filter and still running into issues. My swr on both channel 1 and 40 is about 1.10. When I check the antenna it says pass, and the Rx says pass. I also calibrated using that function.
I am just not sure what I am doing wrong. Thought the cable was bad and tried a new one same results there. Even brought it somewhere and they had the same issues and could not figure it out, charged me the $80 and said sorry we don’t know. Hmm
Any help would be great!
I bought a Bearcat 980SSB because the reviews looked great. I am also using a 2’ firestik II tunable tip. I originally had a co phase setup but now I am using just one antenna to troubleshoot.
The problem is I am getting very little range at all, maybe 75-100 yards line of sight.
I thought maybe I was getting electrical interference with other electronics in the side by side, bought a noise filter and still running into issues. My swr on both channel 1 and 40 is about 1.10. When I check the antenna it says pass, and the Rx says pass. I also calibrated using that function.
I am just not sure what I am doing wrong. Thought the cable was bad and tried a new one same results there. Even brought it somewhere and they had the same issues and could not figure it out, charged me the $80 and said sorry we don’t know. Hmm
Any help would be great!