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I soldered in the chokes and resistors. I put my ammeter in-line with the positive feed and turned it on. It was pulling .080 amps when turned on to AM and .115 amps when I hit the SSB button. My FLIR camera shows no hot spots. I had no radio hooked to it or an antenna.
I checked and there are...
I have seen some people mount their antenna beside the hood on a fender mount. I don’t really like it there, kinda inconvenient off-roading.
I am mainly worried about the high SWR hurting my radio. For the most part, we might need to talk 1 mile apart. 75% of the guys I off-road with have those...
I will try and see if I can hook some straps from the swinging arm to the frame and then run a strap from the frame to the Jeep tub. It can’t hurt anything.
I did try using a jumper cable from the mount to the body at a cleaned ground and made no difference before I started to trim the antenna...
I have an aftermarket tire carrier that pivots on the back bumper instead of the tailgate. There is a bracket on top that’s supposed to be for the 3rd brake light, I could drill the hole out and use for an antenna mount if it would help.
The soft top frame is only a few inches from the antenna...
First off, thanks to you guys for the wealth of information on this site. I could not find a lot about this particular subject.
I have a Jeep with a Bearcat 980 radio, 18’ of coax and a Everhardt TSM 4’ antenna.
I made sure to run the coax so it wasn’t looped or coiled, cleaned the grounds...
I ordered the chokes and 25 ohm resistors. From what I can see, the 10 ohm resistors to ground “appear” to be in good shape. The toroids look good as well.
Once I solder in the chokes and resistors, is there a way I can test the unit to see if it’s functional? I have a FLIR camera I can watch...
First off, thanks for the great site and info you guys share. I am very much a novice to the CB world. I am a diesel mechanic and traded some work for an older DX500 amp that he said had a smoke smell from it last time he used it.
I pulled off the cover and the 10uf chokes are burned. I know he...
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