How-To Tune a CB Antennae
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2015
- In this video Sean will show you how to properly Tune a CB antennae to get the best performance. Using an SWR meter or a built in SWR meter you can calibrate your CB by shortening or lengthening your CB antennae.
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At last! Someone who can explain this to me w/o all the technical jargon where you need a degree just to understand it. Simple sit down, plain to earth talk where everybody can understand it. Thank you sir, catch you on the flip.
Really? 13 year old me figured this out in the late 70's without needing a hand holding video or the internet.
@@sahhull Good for lil ol you... Want a cookie?
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REALLY? Tuning an antenna is too difficult to understand? And you have a driver's license?
I have used CB radios since the mid 70`s ..Well done .. Daddy was a Trucker and we lived on a mountain in Utah and had a base and one in his Scout that we wheeled in...
Very useful info. Bought a new radio for my truck to replace the 80s cb radio and had no idea about tuning. When I tested it was way maxed. This video and a Firestick II antennae let me get it under 1.5 in under 4 minutes of climbing on and off the catwalk.
BleepinJeep, here it is 9, maybe 10 years later? And after CB'ing since the 80's I find this the most useful tuning video I've seen.
THANK YOU .. I AM A DISABLE VET.. THIS REALLY HELPED ME BEEN THOUGH ALOT.. I WENT TO THE CB SHOP UP NORTH OF ME 60 DOLLARS TO DO THIS... THANK YOU FOR THIS... GOD BLESS YOU ALL. CB'S WILL NEVER DIE ... SO HOW DO YOU SUPER CHARGE IT TO TALK LONG DIST. SMILES...
I just bought my setup and have been doing my research on how to fine tune the antenna. This was a great, easy to understand video explaining the process. Thanks for taking the time to share this!
I've drove truck now for 20 years and you my friend tought me something new today thank you.
I have a Stryker 955 that I bought new in 2013, one with the mike plug on the side. I had it tuned (peaked and clipped) by my uncle, I hadn't used it in years. I hooked it up the other day with a Stryker SR-5K, got great audio reports. Three years old and still a solid radio. THANK YOU STRYKER.
Plain and simple explanation! Thank you. This guy is not talking shit about himself before he shakes his knowledge!
Wow, that was way easier than I’ve been doing for years. Thanks for simplifying this.
Howdy. I just used your method to tune my set up on my jeep. After tuning I'm getting swr less than 1.5 on 1,40 & 19
Thanks man.
Cobra 29 LX whip antenna rear bumper mount. 97 Sahara 290.000 miles. Daily driver.
Just got a 99' Cobra 29, so excited. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you for a such a great video stuff ! I just got a SR-A10 CB Antenna and tuned it. No whip cutting. Got SWR very close to 1:1 on CB!
thank you for taking me back to before I had internet and I used to spend hours talking on my base station.
I wish I still had my base station.
Finally someone who actually understands what they are doing. I can't believe how many people don't understand cable length. Only thing you forgot was grounding the antenna. As a veteran cb user of over 20 years you are dead right on this and get job explaining.
how do u ground it when u only have a coax wire
@@derricksmiley5632 you run a ground strap from the antenna is located
When the antenna is mounted typically the bracket to a grounding point in the vehicle.
This has to be, hands down, the most informative CB tuning video on youtube. excellent visuals, examples, and explanation. Helps me a lot, I'm new getting into CB.
Very good swr reading. Great video mate. Worth watching and using the tips and info. Thanks
Best cb video I have seen. Great detail and understanding of the cb. Quick and easy. Thanks
I go to a lot of videos on different things and leave confused on some stuff but you did a great job on this video.At my old age I just got a little smarter....Thanks teacher...:)
This info was very helpful. I've been having trouble with mine lately and I need it for work. Thanks!
Finally......Simple, To the Point with Actual Graphics - All you need to know in 7 minutes - It just doesn't get any better than this......Thanks!!
Absolutely simple explanation. Thanks!
Great video very informative yet simple! Love the camo paint job.
Your video was the most instructive video on CZcams awesome job bro, one thing to note when it comes to you antenna cable length make sure your antenna cable length is in increments of 3 weather it is increments of 3 inches or feet and you will get the best transmission, now the length of your antenna cable wont hurt your transmission ability unless you go more then 100 to 150 feet but in retrospect the shorter is sometimes better! Just thought I would share this, have a good one.
Some antennas like the Francis are designed to be used with 18 feet of coax. 9 feet being half of 18 can work well. Which is what I would use instead of the six footer. I don’t know about this 3 inch business.
Nice and simple, good job.It's easy to confuse some one new to radio with too much information.CB radio 101 is what a lot of folks need but don't want to look stupid so they don't ask.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing I had tuned my Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna after watching this video.
Excellent video, to the point and explained well. I’ve learnt something. Thanks !
Extremely helpful, thanks for taking the time to make this video for us uninformed.
wow all the years i been on the radio i never have done that i guess i been lucky with my set up thanks bro !
I've had a CB radio for the truck I drive for a while now and it's a must have for everyone in my opinion
Great info. I have wanted a Jeep Wrangler since I started driving. For a myriad of reasons, including 3 kids, I have never had one until I bought a 2004 Tj about 6 months ago. It was a very plain jane TJ, which was what I wanted so that I could build it out the way I wanted it. I have put on a 2 inch Rough Country Lift and Leveling kit, bought new black wheels and new General Grabber AT2 tires. I have a whole bunch of other parts for the interior and exterior that I will be putting on and in over the next month or so, one of them being a CB radio and a Firestick antennae. The antennae top has a built in tuner. I had NO IDEA that I needed to tune the antennae. In fact I didn't know it was needed. Thanks for this video. You made it easy for an old fart to understand. I have subscribed to your channel. Thanks again!!!
While I am thinking about it, if you make a custom bracket for the antenna stud, The hole must be 1/2in to Accommodate the isolation washer’s shoulder. This little gem of information has not been mentioned before.
Great video and attention to details that mess many others up. Straight as possible (and shortest cable run), add washers to get tuning correct (or remove), use a spring, how to use built in SWR meter. Will send some of the Teamsters types to this video. Great work.
Do they have to be copper washers or can they be normal washers
Thanks for sharing this video. I honestly wish I knew this before. I think I have messed up my cb.
Thank you for using a tripod! It’s amazing how many don’t...
Auto sub and thumb up for that alone. Good vid too
Blessed love to all, Great video bro, Down here in Jamaica, I fix an build my own antennas, even fix my own radios, watching from Jamaica west Indies !!
Great info and awesome video!
Very helpful video I had no idea how to properly use my cB now is working great thanks to this great video 👍👍👍💯💯💯💯
Hell, thats the same spring and whip I had back in the early 90s. Perfectly measured coax would make a Cobra 19+ sound like a champ!
A 102" antenna is designed for use with a 4" spring, making it 106" total length. If it is properly grounded, it will not need any further tuning. The needle on your SWR meter will barely move or not move at all. It is the shorter loaded whips that require more complicated tuning, and some of them cannot be tuned to an SWR of less than 1.5-1. That is simply because they are not very efficient compared to a full 102" quarter wave whip. On the loaded whips, if you get the same SWR on both channel 1 and channel 40, and a little lower on channel 20, you've got it tuned as good as it will ever get. SWR will have to be over 2.0-1 to damage your radio, but it will not work very well in that range, you are wasting most of your signal. Many higher end CBs cannot be damaged by a high SWR, they automatically lower the output power to a safe level if the SWR is too high.
A 2.1 SWR will NOT damage any radio.On most every SWR Meter ever built they put a RED area on them because an SWR in that area will cause damage to some transmitters.More than likely nobody will ever notice the difference in your signal from a 1.1.1 & a 2.1 SWR.Do some research & don't take my word for it & look again at that RED section on an SWR Meter & ask yourself WHY if a 2.1 SWR will damage a radio why is that area also not RED in color.RED is a DANGER sign & there is NONE anywhere near the 2.1 mark so PLEASE tell us all why that is if you have an answer that makes any sense.
While an SWR or 2.0-1 may not immediately damage your radio, it will make the finals run hot, and probably shorten their life. But a 2.0-1 SWR means a lot of the signal generated by your radio is being reflected back, and is not actually being transmitted. Since you only have 4 watts to begin with, and waste half that, you're not putting out much of a signal. And if you are running an amplifier, even a low power one, I can guarantee that an SWR reading that high will certainly damage it.
About time we saw a Comanche!
I see drop brackets. What's the rest of the suspension setup?
Wow...Very informative. Thanks
You're never going to believe this. I had no idea how this worked and was just turning knobs When suddenly everyone's voice started coming in clear. After watching this video I checked my CB and it was in calibrate mode and it was the SWR calibrate knob I was turning and lo and behold I'm sitting at 1.1 on channel 19. I accidentally calibrated it perfectly lol
Another helpful video from BleepinJeep. Mucho Gracias
This helped me out big time! Thanks
Finally a clear explination..Thanks Brotha!
Great video; you explained everything excellent, especially with the graph. You Da Man.
Thank you for this educational video glad someone is on their job‼️
Very helpful. I learned a lot. Thank you!
For real, I listen to him and did it exact as he said and my cb was clear thanks really.
Thank you very good video learned a lot am a beginner CB user.
Thanks for the help buddy 👍
Thank you, for the explanation!!
I did learn something watching. Good job! Quite specific and helpful.
Thanks! I miss making these videos..
cool rigg, thx for the info very helpful and clear.
You explained very clearly
Titito from Puerto 🇵🇷Rico
Thanks
Good info. for us newbies.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank ya
lol I remember how to do that! Yipes,its been a long time!
Great tutorial! I just got an 06 Sierra and I want to put a CB in this bitch for when I take road trips. Mainly for amusement but I'd like to have it if I ever need it. Thanks for the info! Nice Jeep btw.
if power goes down and cell service is disrupted they will wish they knew what a CB is
Your right .
When the grid goes down , only c.b,s will work . But by then it will be to late for them to understand a c.b.
How would you power a CB if the grid goes? If things get that bad, you better believe your gonna be out of fuel for vehicles in under a couple weeks too unless you stockpile fuel, which only makes you a high value target.
Daniel T using a car battery
This is so true. That's why the Gov't will never get rid of 11 meter CB spectrum because there are millions of new and old CB's out there, and if SHTF happens, people will use those radios to keep communications going.
@@33rdGemini CB doesn't need fuel It needs a car battery ...Millions of them laying around if grid go's And all of them cars that you say will only last a couple of weeks will be littered all over the streets ..However As history as shown after 3 days of a east coast black out People resorted to other means of fueling ..My city police / fire /medical service Poured fuel manually into cars and trucks From city storage that has a resevre for Salt trucks The same hand pump can be bought at a few stores HD ones.
You would not be a high value target if people don't see your cans inside your truck And you were smarter then sticking around to get to that point ...Really if you get to a point Nothing will save you from a total disaster The Idea of a CB is having one more form to keep in touch with the outside ..You cell phone dies, forgot it at home, bad or no reception ..You break down in the middle of a side road 20 miles from the main road in the Canadian north during winter Where skin freezes in mins. No signal Your going to want a CB or a Skidoo in the back ...
Excellent video thank you!
Great info, only thing I'll add is wire length Cable must be cut at 3 foot intervals 9 foot instead of 10, is what they taught me first round with radios in 1989
I'm in NYC, so SWR adjustments can be tricky and especially for a home base station. I used a similar 102 inch stainless steel whip antenna for yearsssss, and with that very same styled spring mount but window sided. Yes, out my bedroom window, up high in a public housing project building, mounted onto a window guard, straight out as possible. Hardly any SWR reading whatsoever. Powering the antenna was a RANGER 2970 (the one with the built in cookie/linear underneath), some monster coax cable, a huge Pyramid power supply, and an Astatic tear drop & lollipop mic. I was killing it as far as both reception and transmission distance. But sadly I was also ruining tv and radio reception for hundreds in my antenna's path. The antenna was holding its own just fine after 10+ years of hanging out there, with the spring coil showing a little sign of rust. In my car I used a Cherokee mobile handheld and a Wilson magnet mount. Both worked great. But like most non professional drivers I eventually succumbed to the cell/smart phone and internet while fading away from CB. Great times indeed.
Thanks.. I went through 5 silly ass videos that went on and on about all sorts of other crap.. One even had some clown with gd rap music blaring. Smh.. Thanks for the good and informative video.
your not countryif you havent sat around on the holidays and played with a CB RADIO. bc its all you got or a good source of clean old fun.. good times i remember calling out my uncle on christmas . where you at BUD MAN ..
Thanks a bunch , great explanation
Very good infos!!! Thanks 🙏🏽
Great Info. Coolest Jeep on the road.
Nice job, Thanks!
Thanks for the help, easy to understand and explained very well! Is your Nightwatch still working?
+jason smith i had tuned my sr-a10 antenna after watching this video
nice and simple explanation. thnx
nice clear information, thanks. I am curious how you got your cable into the truck. I don't know about doing it on a truck but I have a little sedan. They say you want to put the cable in the break of the weather seal of the door. my car doors don't have a break in the seal. It's a solid loop. so I am kind of forced to close my door on it. any suggestions?
and yes it looks super goofy having a big antenna on my little car but I do with what I got and it's nice when truckers relay whats going on in traffic situations and which lane to be in.
Thanks for the great video
that was great info to know. thanks buddy
great vid man... you have a future doing something besides jeepen
Thanks and Explained Clearly
Excellent Video!
Thanks for your help Amigo
Cool, im a truck driver, i have one in my pick up truck,,great for off road , nice video
Great info, great video!
Awesome 👍 we’ll explain, thank you
You made it easy thank you
Great job Sean!
Thanks for the video !
Thank you!!!
Fantastic video!
Really good vid. Learned alot
Anyone else now fearful they may have damaged their radio with an SWR higher than 3.0? Lol. I’ll be checking mine when i get one of those devices he mentioned 🤦🏼♂️. Great video! Thanks 😊
Well stated, good info.
Still useful in 2020! Just used this today to tune my CB cuz my friend just said.. 'uhhh, just keep your knobs turned this way all the time!'👀 uhhhhh... No! 🤦🏽♀️ I need to kno a lil bit mo' 🤣🤣 so thanks!😁
@stephen john gray exactly what I thought cuz they can't stay the same alllll the time lol 👌
Love your truck
Thank You that’s a great video
good job on the swr
Nice work!
Great video.
Hey buddy Im getting the same calibration reading on channel 40 as i am on channel 1. Ive got my antenna hooked up correct. I have a wilson trucker 2000 with a hood mount, its grounded. Also i have a Cobra radio with the built in swr meter
Really good video!👍🏾
Thanks,well done.
Dude ! Thank so much! This information is all I was looking for nothing else. Excellent video ,very professional, no shit ! I'm not knocking guys but oh my God....i went through at least five and i had eject them ....they sucked.....anyway thank you again!
Thanks for the informations
great video
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