Get some Ferrite beads, put it over your coax to get rid of common mode, also helps to reduce noise, i put 20 beads directly after the antenna socket, one about 1.5" long. Also improves SWR, and stops stray RF in the cabin.
@@jrichtruckincbtips you can't get an even radiation pattern from a car or a truck, thats almost impossible, due to the height of the vehicle, but beads reduce the influence of coax shield to the antenna/ SWR. especially on mirror mounts. RF follows path of lowest impedance, so your coax may get a part of the antenna without beads, which is not desireable in many situations.
Hey j...Tks for the shout out,just seeing this vid here now on nov 14/22...Like you bub im just paying it foward as i learn..Keep up the vids,nice job..
You literally could get a better ground by running one ground from your antenna mount to your battery box and make it look cleaner also. Maybe this is a Freightliner problem? We don’t have these issues with Peterbilt.
Awesome video. I'm going to utilize some of these techniques on my next video. When I flip my box on it jumps my SWR from 1:1 to 1:1.6 with power. Do you think this would help? And would you recommend ground the box and radio to the seat bolt?
From your Knowledge Do You Remember K40 Black Fiberglass Antenna from 1980's with Black Base Red Top Three Prong Turn Mount Silver Connector ? The Antenna was Black with Black Turn Up&Down Tube for SWR Adjustment .Or Maybe Seen Any in Last Few Years ? Always use K40 Antenna's since 1980's when they were produced . The lasted Almost Forty Years Until I Lost Both In a Move . Can't find the Tube I Placed both in .whip
@@jrichtruckincbtips You are Very Informative on Subject Matter You do on Your Channel . Because the K40 Electronics was so long ago in the 1980's and 1990's . K40 Antenna Did Make Very Good CB Equipment to out last the ages . Still Working Good after Forty Years. Thanks Now ..
I have a stryker 955 hp and my astatic mic shocks me a little why ? 2023 cascadia k 1 27 predator on a bird perch . Washer etc properly mounted . No ground strap . Just started doing it . When it shocks me my swr goes to a 3 . The shock is a slight warm feeling of the little spring at the bottom of the mic .
Here's some grounding apply the 2 videos to your t680. I get the straps from DX Engineering I buy 20 feet at a time and the ring terminals from Home Depot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ar6mxY57lzs.html
@@jrichtruckincbtips thank you very much, I run my antenna off the bar behind the sleeper seems to work well but had to use 24’ coax 18 was not long enuf
Great video, on a kenworth T800 day cab, I have a really small gap in the door to be able to put in a ground strap. What would you recommend? What else on the truck should be bonded? I also have led headlights and leds inside the cab, whenever I open the door the cb meter really jumps up. I would love to have it not move like yours. Help me out please
Keep ground straps as short as possible. Ground headache rack to the bed, then under the bed to frame with 1" strap, I'd do the cab, hood, and doors too
Yeah, I wanted to compare the 2 antennas, and I'm back to the Hustler now. It's a lot of work and money to keep this channel going, especially when I'm really a truck driver, and not a cb tech. It maybe be easier and cheaper if I made videos of my big ass jumping off the roof of my house.🤣🤣🤣
Did you say "Knees in the Breeze"? Dave Castler I think his name is has so really good videos on radios from A-Z swr, grounding etc. The stuff you did seems to have worked for you which is great but he has a video on grounding a base (which is different) and probably a vehicle the guy is pretty smart he has his Extra license and has been around for a while. He said you have to be careful with your grounds because you could make a "loop" antenna with your ground and bring more noise into your radio. This stuff is really complicated sometimes. I take it that the sr a-10 Stryker ant. isn't so hot? I was thinking of getting one for my car.
As these trucks are mostly fiberglass and plastic we are getting the antenna to see the frame as the ground plain instead of the roof, and help to keep from reflecting off any individual metal surface. The only bad thing I've heard about the SR A10 is water possibly getting in the coil.
@@jrichtruckincbtips Thanks for the reply! This grounding stuff is aggravating! You'd think on a truck they would do something about that, but here we are. I never had to worry before about grounding the mirror brackets were good enough but I had a "barefoot" radio. I want to know where you had the work done on that 40 watt 29 if it works well. Does that sr A-10 work as well a permanent mount? I got a 29 I gave my boy that needs some work done to it.
@@bradh74 I got the work done at Atlantic Coast Communications in Atlanta. You'll need to wire directly to a battery source to get that, and that radio does 50 watts on the bench(but that's a perfect world). The SR A10 should do well if you get the coil high enough and away from the body.
@@jrichtruckincbtips Thanks! I haven't driven tractor trailer since @1998 lol. I've been in mixers, dumps, garbage/recycle, block, propane (cylinder/bulk) (and I'm forgetting a few types of) B trucks. So I really didn't need a CB or it had one. So mine have sat around for years. I have a General HP 40w that I think should be checked out, I got from my brother, and that 29 that could be improved on not sure it's worth fixing. Thanks for the content and help.
@@jrichtruckincbtipsthat's what I have is a predator k-1-27. Any advice on getting a good ground plane? It's on a 21 new cascadia 116 day cab. I can't get too crazy because it's a company truck
@jamesmize665 just what you see in the video. I'd say at a minimum, do both doors with at least 1 small strap from door to cab, and 1 strap on each side from the cab to the frame.
I had my linear and CB tuned together. I actually had them turn my striker down to go with my Tennessee walker. Everyone says it sounds crystal clear. But…. You MUST ground and bond antenna EXACTLY like this gentleman says.
Copy I’ve heard about the same, I got it recommended to me as a better option to fish it through my mirrors. I think I’d rather practice my soldering and run good coax
@@justinwilliams1611 if you get it from a cb shop, have them solder 1 end on. Start from the antenna then run it to the inside, so you're not having to solder outside in the weather.
So I ran some new rg8x in my western star along with new power and ground, I cut the one end off and soldered my new end back on after I fished it through. I went to check my swr and it’s at almost 8. So what I did to trouble shoot was took a different spool hooked it up and it was at 1.5, could a bad solder cause the coax I ran to not work correctly
