Hi, I'm getting back into cb after being out of it for a number of years. I dusted off my old Cobra 29 and put it in my Jeep last week. I have a Wilson 4' flex on a Terraflex tail light antenna mount and am using mini 8 coax. I also use a mini 8 coax as my power line hooked up to the main power box (right off the battery).
I don't think I have problems with fuel pump noise, but I do have two types of noise in the system. First if engine noise which I assume means I need to get some grounding straps to reduce. The second is a static that is present all the time. It has no relationship to engine, fuel pump, or anything else in the vehicle. It's a pretty steady noise. I'm wondering if I have another grounding issue. The radio is mounted to a steel tube that runs on top of my roll bar, but it sits on top of the padding and is therefore electrically isolated from vehicle, so the radio mount is also isolated from the vehicle. Would grounding this help my noise issue? By the way, the antenna swr is app 1.4:1 so that seems to be within normal limits.
Bob
I don't think I have problems with fuel pump noise, but I do have two types of noise in the system. First if engine noise which I assume means I need to get some grounding straps to reduce. The second is a static that is present all the time. It has no relationship to engine, fuel pump, or anything else in the vehicle. It's a pretty steady noise. I'm wondering if I have another grounding issue. The radio is mounted to a steel tube that runs on top of my roll bar, but it sits on top of the padding and is therefore electrically isolated from vehicle, so the radio mount is also isolated from the vehicle. Would grounding this help my noise issue? By the way, the antenna swr is app 1.4:1 so that seems to be within normal limits.
Bob