Cb Antenna Cable Routing

Cb coax cable is necessary to connect your antenna to your radio.

Cb antenna cable routing.

Everything you transmit and receive must travel along it s length. While everything will wire up your dual antenna system simply won t work properly. First time posting but i ve been using this site religiously since i bought my titan back in october. You can see all of our rg 59 style cb coax.

Discussion starter 1 mar 25 2008. 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. Jump to latest follow 1 9 of 9 posts.

Jump to latest follow 1 13 of 13 posts. When installing a cb you have a long coaxial cable that runs from the cb to the antenna. 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. All too often the coax is ignored and performance suffers because of the lack of attention it receives.

Bmac sofa king cool. 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. Running the wire from the antenna to the cb. Joined sep 21 2007 2 827 posts.

Discussion starter 1 dec 27 2009. Jump to latest follow 1 17 of 17 posts. Ground your antenna mount. 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.

Where to run cb antenna cable. Discussion starter 1 jun 25 2012. Cb radio antenna cable routing and antenna mounting. Cb antenna cable routing.

Joined dec 18 2011 136 posts. I have searched but can t find anything on where people are routing their cb antenna cable. Any other type of coax won t work with your dual antenna setup. Some people will purchase regular coax cable and try to use a t connector to install everything.

Erik from farpoint farms survival talks about the various places you can install your mobile cb radio setup including proper antenna placement to insure yo. If you re running dual antennas you must use rg 59 coax.