My CB has no range

No ground plane?

 

Well last i remember the volvos have their coax pieced together and have a box(forget the name)that screws up stuff PLUS im gonna go with a ground plain issue as well..Could be the ground cables on the mirror arms corroded even if trk is new..

 

Cats if your half as much trouble/hilarious on a cb as you are on here....it might be a good thing you can't reach more of the masses.



I bet it'd be entertaining as hell tho...

Sirscrapntruckalot - If you reinvent the wheel..is it still a wheel?

 

First check the truck as Craigsez refers. May be only one antenna for CB. Other is AM/FM.

Ohmmeter to check coax continuity.

Antennas can fail internally. Wiggle them around sort of and see if SWR changes. Those RAMI antennas good design but questionable build quality. If good, still worth tuning.

I’d be getting new antennas anyway. Measure base and order Skipshooters to 13’5” height.

Bypassing coax with new and better quality worth considering. Find routing and determine if you want to. An RG8X co-phase setup with FME ends easiest.

BUT now to add a stereo radio antenna.

OR, just coax to one antenna, bypassing factory. The one that’s NOT the AN/FM

 

Installation has everything to do with everything. And yes a 3 to 4 match will smoke your radios finals. You do need to fix your antenna system, without know more about what you have done, its difficult to tell you how to correct it.

Make sure your antenna(s) are not mounted close to anything, make sure that you have good grounds, check for open or shorted cable. If you had the antenna mount itself apart that you assembled it correctly, common mistake in assembling the mount is getting the insulators in the wrong place causing it to ground out. Unhook your coax and check it end to end making sure it is not shorted between the shield and center conductor.

Some stuff to check. Hope it helps

 

Buy you a high powered linear. People will be able to hear you purr for miles

 

A high powered linear with a high SWR won't get people hearing you for miles, but they can see the smoke.

 

Oh great,a useless,stupid and not so funny post and shows ......awwwwww never mind,its just a stupid freakin post that adds nothing...