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  1. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Does anybody else hear the chatter on channel 9?

    In my area I am hearing a group of people speaking spanish on channel 9 about every evening. They seem to just be acting idiotic. I don’t speak spanish but I can tell what they are saying is simply repeating the same phrase or few words over and over again at times, like the guy keys up and goes...
  2. Lo/Dx Frontier

    SWR meter inconsistencies

    I know some of you all warned me about cheaper meters not being accurate. I think I’m seeing some of that now. Originally, I ordered a Surecom SW-114 meter and tuned my antenna with it. I do get good results for reception, and today I talked to a few people on the radio and they said it sounded...
  3. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Coax L adapter causing issues

    I recently ordered and installed an L shaped coax adapter on the back of my radio due to the way the coax was being kinked as it entered into the radio in my truck’s dash. I was trying to alleviate the kink. The back of the radio has the cable pretty much jammed into the dash, and unless I want...
  4. Lo/Dx Frontier

    What causes SWR to slightly change?

    What can cause SWR to be one setting one day, and be something different the next day? For reference, this is a K30 antenna positioned in the center of the roof of my crew cab Frontier truck. I set the SWR on my antenna last night and I was absolutely sure it was at 1.75 on channels 1 and 40. I...
  5. Lo/Dx Frontier

    My radio project is up and running (with pics)!!!

    This is in a 2023 Nissan Frontier. I put in a President Johnny III radio running on a K30 antenna. I did the best I could to tune it, taking it out into the countryside on an open highway and parking in a field so nothing was around me as much as possible. The SWR ended up being about 1.75 on...
  6. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Tune magnetic mount antenna prior to install or wait until coax is ran and then tune?

    Will it make a difference setting the SWR on a magnetic antenna before I run the coax through the vehicle? I’d like to tune it and see how well it works before I go to the trouble of pulling panels and running the cable.
  7. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Does the K30 antenna receive weather bands also?

    I guess I should have looked into this before ordering. I got the K30 antenna and its packaging says nothing about if it can receive weather band frequencies or not. I also bought a Cobra HG A1500 antenna to compare side by side with the K30, and I know it can receive weather. It is advertised...
  8. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Does a CB radio chassis need to be grounded?

    Saw a video where a guy demonstrated noise being reduced simply because he touched the radio with his hand. He said the body of the radio needs to be grounded and it will help reduce noise. He suggested just removing one of the screws from the sheet metal of the cover and use a ring terminal...
  9. Lo/Dx Frontier

    SWR, power, and field strength meters

    I ordered a Surecom SW-114 meter to use with my antenna setup. I saw several different ones on Amazon that all look like the same meter sold under a different name. Are there any differences, or is it all the same one, just rebranded again? These are three of the ones I saw (listed below)...
  10. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Can I add length to coax with adapters without causing problems?

    I just ordered my radio setup. I chose a President Johnny III radio and a K40 model K30 antenna. I realized after I bought the antenna that the coax length is only 15 feet. I think this might end up 2-3 feet short to reach the radio. To me the simple solution is to add a double ended SO-239...
  11. Lo/Dx Frontier

    CB is alive and well in the trucking industry

    I’ve made a few posts now. Been looking to get into radio but have read that CB is dead. Well I mainly want it for getting info when on the highway, as well as just general interest in listening to whatever is on it. I took a trip on Monday that involved 10 hours of driving on the highways. I...
  12. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Looking for better understanding of CB feature functions

    I’ve been looking for an explanation all in one place of the differences between certain CB features that seem similar. I’ve had to hop around looking each one up individually. Two categories in particular are confusing, noise control functions and squelch vs RF gain. The noise control features...
  13. Lo/Dx Frontier

    CB antenna mount directly behind truck cab, good idea or no?

    I read somewhere on here where someone had issues tuning the SWR on their mobile antenna because it was mounted behind the cab and they were getting reflection from the cab. Makes sense to me. Then I read on Right Channel Radios website that I can mount an antenna on a tool box behind the cab...
  14. Lo/Dx Frontier

    Can any 2m/70cm antenna be tuned to GMRS 462MHz?

    It seems to me that tuning an antenna is just a function of cutting it to length to match the frequency desired, and generally the higher the frequency the shorter the antenna is. So based on that, I’d like to ask: can ANY and ALL 2m/70cm band antennas be shortened to perform well with GMRS on...
  15. Lo/Dx Frontier

    New to the site, somewhat new to radio. SWR question.

    Hello! New guy here. Had a couple of CB’s back in the 90’s but not for very long. Looking to get back into it again but this time I want to learn the ins and outs of it instead of just connect a radio to an antenna and set SWR and then just talk. So I’ve been reading and watching videos a lot...
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