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saint7ds
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Hello everyone. You may have seen a few of my posts around the forum. I'm new to cb radios but i'm learning alot and loving it!
Anyways, a buddy of mine brought this question up to me. A few months ago, he got a galaxy 959 peaked and tuned at a local cb shop. He says that after they finished, running barefoot, it dead-keyed around 2 watts and swung to 20 watts PEP in his suburban. He is using a wilson 5000 mag mount. He also installed a second dedicated car battery just for his radio (he runs a texas star 400 from time to time)
Recently however, he says that his radio is only swinging to 15 watts in his suburban.
To test his radio, he brought it in his house and connected it to his power supply and a super scanner antenna. He said it swings a full 20 watts inside his house.
After some inquiry, some locals (including the tech that tuned his radio) said it would have to be the antenna change. Since he connected it to a super scanner, his radio can swing more power (that's what they say). They say an antenna is like a vacuum and "sucks" more power from a radio, so the bigger the antenna the more power a radio can do.
I say they are wrong. I didn't think that an antenna had anything to do with how much power a radio put out. Sure you can melt an antenna putting too much power thru it, but he's running a wilson 5000, and they can handle a barefoot radio or even a decent amp with ease.
I say it's a problem with his electrical system in his truck. Either low or crappy battery or a crazy alternator. But I could be wrong. I've only been into cb radios now for about a month and still learning, but I would like to think I learn quickly. Any help would be appreciated.
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Anyways, a buddy of mine brought this question up to me. A few months ago, he got a galaxy 959 peaked and tuned at a local cb shop. He says that after they finished, running barefoot, it dead-keyed around 2 watts and swung to 20 watts PEP in his suburban. He is using a wilson 5000 mag mount. He also installed a second dedicated car battery just for his radio (he runs a texas star 400 from time to time)
Recently however, he says that his radio is only swinging to 15 watts in his suburban.
To test his radio, he brought it in his house and connected it to his power supply and a super scanner antenna. He said it swings a full 20 watts inside his house.
After some inquiry, some locals (including the tech that tuned his radio) said it would have to be the antenna change. Since he connected it to a super scanner, his radio can swing more power (that's what they say). They say an antenna is like a vacuum and "sucks" more power from a radio, so the bigger the antenna the more power a radio can do.
I say they are wrong. I didn't think that an antenna had anything to do with how much power a radio put out. Sure you can melt an antenna putting too much power thru it, but he's running a wilson 5000, and they can handle a barefoot radio or even a decent amp with ease.
I say it's a problem with his electrical system in his truck. Either low or crappy battery or a crazy alternator. But I could be wrong. I've only been into cb radios now for about a month and still learning, but I would like to think I learn quickly. Any help would be appreciated.
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