Alright guys.
I went with a friend today to pick out stuff for his CB setup. He got almost the same setup as I do (his has a little more durable coax) and his is a 3ft fiberglass antenna (going on a single cab pickup, 4' didn't look right and he wanted looks over signal I guess. He's not a hardcore CBer, but nor am I). We got his all installed today and his was picking up for over 4 miles, untuned. So....that got me thinking. As luck would have it he picked up 2 cables, because he told me that I may need it. Well, indeed I did. After installing the thicker cable, I got range of around 2.7 miles. Not bad, not bad at all.
We have an SWR meter now, but I have NO clue how to use it yet (the instructions are quite vague) but I'm reading up on firestik's Tech Docs page. I'll tell you guys how it goes after I get the SWR's in their proper place.
Thanks for all your help guys.
I went with a friend today to pick out stuff for his CB setup. He got almost the same setup as I do (his has a little more durable coax) and his is a 3ft fiberglass antenna (going on a single cab pickup, 4' didn't look right and he wanted looks over signal I guess. He's not a hardcore CBer, but nor am I). We got his all installed today and his was picking up for over 4 miles, untuned. So....that got me thinking. As luck would have it he picked up 2 cables, because he told me that I may need it. Well, indeed I did. After installing the thicker cable, I got range of around 2.7 miles. Not bad, not bad at all.
We have an SWR meter now, but I have NO clue how to use it yet (the instructions are quite vague) but I'm reading up on firestik's Tech Docs page. I'll tell you guys how it goes after I get the SWR's in their proper place.
Thanks for all your help guys.