Cb Antenna Cable Routing

Typically this is about 18 foot of cable which according to some theory is the optimal length of cable to use regardless of how close the antenna is to the cb.

Cb antenna cable routing.

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Getting 1 0 to 1 1 swr on the 5 and 1 1 to 1 4 on the 2 antenna mounted on the rear bumper i was getting a 2 1 swr on the low end. Cb antenna cable routing. Where to run cb antenna cable. Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008.

Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio. Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything. Joined dec 18 2011 136 posts. If you re using a standard cb antenna i e anything except a no ground plane or ngp kit you ll need to make sure your antenna mount is solidly grounded to the vehicle s chassis.

Bmac sofa king cool. Going through the tailgate i ended up moving the cable routing from inside the frame through the firewall as i needed another foot or so to the tailgate mount. Hey guys just picked up a k40 over the long weekend and thinking of how to run the coax cable. Running the wire from the antenna to the cb.

The coaxial cable running from your radio to the antenna is very important. When installing a cb you have a long coaxial cable that runs from the cb to the antenna. Jump to latest follow 1 9 of 9 posts. Joined sep 21 2007 2 827 posts.

If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax. Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length. Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup. I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable.

Discussion starter 1 jun 25 2012. A bad ground will result in an un tunable antenna and sky high swr levels. Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting. While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly.

Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009. You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax.