True lol. I need to go visit my cb guy again.. Need more power lol

 

Only cost me $35 to get tuned to 27 watts. Sooner or later I'll be pushing 10x that.....shhhh...

For another $50 or so I'll get an RF gain custom installed in my cobra 25

 

Listen to you guys and your fancy CBs, I have a stock cobra 19DX IV

 

Cost me 50 for antenna ant tune to 30 watts (25 each). My old radio I had in my semi was pushing 80...

 

Thats pretty good. I tuned my own antenna cuz I bought an SWR meter. Mine was set at 27 cuz thats where I got best outgoing signal with low static/interference.

 

I don't have any pics my white 94 XJ had a wilson 5000 mag on the roof that worked wonders. on my new one I mounted behind the driver side tail light I built my own bracket out of 1/16 sheet metal

 

any particular kind of coax? case im looking at a pretty nice amount of coax cable but its internet/digital phone cable. from comcast. lol it even came with a splitter. but takes one and splits it into 2

 

Haha. Midland truck stop CB for $40. My POS couldn't talk to someone in the back seat

 

Yeah, you need coax for cb radios.

 

What's a good CB to pick up15 miles???...a radio tower??

 

For the OP's question...

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=918230


Oh and full length 1/4 wave antenna FTW.

 

No cb out of the box will pick up 15 miles

 

darn

Oh well

 

Wouldn't it have to do with the radio transmitting over the 15 miles? You can turn up the gain on the receiving radio but too high will just pick up static.

 

No, the distance your radio transmits isn't the same as what it receives. To get any kind of spectacular range the cb needs to be internally modified, have a good antenna with excellent ground plane. These things just aren't plug-n-play. A lot of factors will determine how well a cb operates.

For example, if your antenna isn't properly tuned to the cb and you have a high SWR you can and will fry the radio eventually if you transmit out.

I've spent many many hours reading information and talking with cb technicians and its paid off. I now have a perfectly performing cb and antenna with no issues, no engine noise, and almost no static (yes a little static is to be expected no matter what)