Jonnyb1990
Well-Known Member
Its finally been put on, not a sausage on the bands though,
Antenna is 1.5 meters is anyone was wondering
Its finally been put on, not a sausage on the bands though,
Antenna is 1.5 meters is anyone was wondering
Jonnyb1990
Well-Known Member
Only thing its missing is auto search,
Dont even know if its working as it should due to lack of chatter lol
Dont even know if its working as it should due to lack of chatter lol
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
Gimme 5 mins I need to nip to me Landy. Ch 16.....ok?
Jonnyb1990
Well-Known Member
Let me find me keys,
Yeah 16 is great (4x4 and all that)
Yeah 16 is great (4x4 and all that)
aaronmorris
Head's a shed
So... Did it work? 
Jonnyb1990
Well-Known Member
no lol
timtheenchanteruk
Well-Known Member
theres naff all on the airwaves thesedays, got a couple of nutters roudn me who clog up 19 all day, and not alot anywhere else, not even heard any truckers anymore.
the_wolf
Well-Known Member
Will do more than not get anything, transmitting with an SWR that's too high will fry your cb
Tip of the day:
Even for CB - actually especially for CB, you need to understand that the springy 6-ft thing clamped onto a Landy of any description, is only half the aerial.
If you don't have a good counterpoise, then the aerial will not work - simples...
A Counterpoise is what you bolt or mag-mount it to. Defenders are notorious for having very little steel and even bolting one onto the rear door of a disco probably won't provide enough CP against the antenna anyway.
Thus, your expensive antenna won't work.
Even for CB - actually especially for CB, you need to understand that the springy 6-ft thing clamped onto a Landy of any description, is only half the aerial.
If you don't have a good counterpoise, then the aerial will not work - simples...
A Counterpoise is what you bolt or mag-mount it to. Defenders are notorious for having very little steel and even bolting one onto the rear door of a disco probably won't provide enough CP against the antenna anyway.
Thus, your expensive antenna won't work.
OK, so your grounding to aluminium which is frankly crap.
To get a decent CP, mount to as much steel as you can find - on a 'fender it's rather hard, but you do sit on a sodding great lump of the stuff - the chassis - Now mounting an aerial on the chassis is not the easiest thing in in the world, so you have to do the best you can....
Remember, copper is the best CP and Steel is also quite good.... get my drift here?
You also need to remember that SWR changes with frequency. So, you set your CB up on, say Ch2 and SWR it from there - by the time you get to CH40, the SWR will have changed - its a compromise, so make the most of it - SWR your rig in on the middle channel that you have: eg: 40ch set, SWR on 20. That way, your going to be in a better position working +/- either side of Ch20 from an SWR point.
Next lesson will be about cable 'twix rig and antenna
To get a decent CP, mount to as much steel as you can find - on a 'fender it's rather hard, but you do sit on a sodding great lump of the stuff - the chassis - Now mounting an aerial on the chassis is not the easiest thing in in the world, so you have to do the best you can....
Remember, copper is the best CP and Steel is also quite good.... get my drift here?
You also need to remember that SWR changes with frequency. So, you set your CB up on, say Ch2 and SWR it from there - by the time you get to CH40, the SWR will have changed - its a compromise, so make the most of it - SWR your rig in on the middle channel that you have: eg: 40ch set, SWR on 20. That way, your going to be in a better position working +/- either side of Ch20 from an SWR point.
Next lesson will be about cable 'twix rig and antenna
