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Just as an FYI if you need to get a new antenna. I am running a Firestick Firefly on a solid mount. The beauty of it is the turn-screw tunable tip for setting SWR.
I have never had an antenna with the adjusting screw in the top, sounds good, how did it match up ?
Although the Fire Fly is something I have had in the back of my head for a while, I am thinking the Wilson 5K Unit or maybe even their Trucker Series, BUT the coax being connected to the base unit bothers me but it is something I will live with.
What Coax do you use ?I use Time Microwave Coax and Belden both great coaxial cable.The Times Cable, LMR240, is 50 ohm, low loss, great velocity factor, and is only .240" in OD, just the right size and then there is the LMR300, a little bigger but still serviceable. I tried RG8, the .5" stuff for a CB setup, thinking ai would get the most power to the antenna... didn't matter, the smaller RG8X, worked just as well and was more flexible.
OK... getting to much info for a CB System but I do like to install them right !
Remember, before checking the SWR, the system needs to be completely together, and the vehicle needs to be in the open. No power wire, no metal building in the area, doors closed, and above all... make sure there is a good ground from the antenna mount to a bare spot on the Frame of the vehicle.
Grounding is important so get good ground for the antenna mount and the CB Chassis.
Sorry for getting carried away, I love this stuff and it is going away, too bad, our loss !
Ltr
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Ltr,
2003 EDGE, Std Cab, Steppie, E4 Red, 5sp, 4x
5" SuperLift, 33" x 12.50 x 15"
Hurst Shifter
Mod'd Backrack to fit Steppie
Front and Rear Bumpers by Custom 4x4 Fabrication, OK; now Mike's Welding and Fabrication.
Working on more Mods, just need more time, longer days would work !