CB installtion
Originally Posted by Josiah
How good is that brand of CB? My buddy just bought one and I've never heard of it. For some guys CB radio's are life, I'm hoping thats one of you guys. My buddy bought one from walmart for $34.99 and is wondering if it's decent. Believe my friend got the Midland 1001Z. We do a lot of trail riding and I'd hate for it to go out on us when I need to contact him. How good is the reception with midland and if he went a little cheap on his antennae, would my antennae make up for it if it were one of quality?
NEVER go cheap on the antenna. http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/Sys-Mony.htm
The radio is probably just fine. I used to run a Radio Shack model in the early days. (Currently running a Uniden Grant
) At that time Uniden made the circuit boards for them, as the did for many manufacturers and still do for some. The three most important things for reception and transmission are: antenna, ground plane, antenna. Get a good antenna, place it properly (ground plane), and tune it.These guys have some really good antenna with easy to tune tips.
http://www.firestik.com
They also have instructions for tuning it here:
http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/Setting_SWR.htm
The index to their technical documents, which is very good.
http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs.htm
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A cheap radio and a good antenna is ALOT better than a good radio and a cheap antenna. The antenna and coax ARE your system. Dont skimp on those 2 items. Uniden makes great CB radios as does Galaxy.