Topic: CB INSTALLED AGAIN!!

[xxSVxx]

Hey all!!

Ok, installed my new CB last night; we got some noise out of it, but we couldn't get any reception from general traffic and it seems like it wants to work..

Soooo.....we tried Ch. 15/17/19 /25/27/29

Anyone have any ideas?  I think I'm scouting out Anza Borrego this Saturday...perhaps a mini run out there under the classification of 'CB testing'?  If I knew someone close that had a CB that I could just chat with, I would go that route...but I have it hooked up and mounted....just no reception.  =/

[SuperSlideStyle]

Each cb radio setup has a max appoximate range of 5-6 mile radius from your location. Obstacles will obviously lower that, especialy inside a canyon.  If someone has a cb radio say, 1 don't know, some 15 miles away, and his cb radio has a radius of about 5-6 miles with no obstacles, you will still miss him. Both of you would need to be within 11-12 miles apart.   Basically, you need to be within each others radius to communicate.  The closer you are to each other, the louder your cb radio gets.

[SoCalXTerry]

Have you thrown an SWR meter on you setup to see what it is reading.    Anything over 2:1 means your radio and antenna need to be tuned.

[SuperSlideStyle]

I agree.  Tuning is key to a great setup.

[Toro]

Word. It's a paper weight untill it's tuned with an SWR meter.

[HEVAK]

Definitely get an SWR meter on it. Do you have a Tunable Antenna? I'm in Aliso, so of you want to meet up to test it, I'm down.