Cb radio

[Jim Oaks]

Well okay we’re do I get a swr thing at are the expensive how bad is it to just tinker around with it will I really burn my radio up? I was looking at power comm antennas but don’t know how good they are

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If you buy one, make sure it comes with a cable to connect between the radio and the meter.

Some of the old CB's came with one built in.

I don't know that you'll burn it up as long as it's connected to an antenna, but it's probably not going to transmit and receive very well.

 

[RobbieD]

ell okay we’re do I get a swr thing at are the expensive how bad is it to just tinker around with it will I really burn my radio up?

An untuned antenna will kill your transmit distance, if the antenna has too much resistance it can burn out the radio's outputs.

I kinda doubt that there's any kind of app that'll turn your phone into an SWR meter. Call around to 12 volt shops, or anybody that installs mobile radio equipment, and pay them to tune your antenna. Like Jim posted, if you just had the meter, it's an easy DIY job.

Not common, but some of the old CBs had built-in SWR meters.

 

[1994xlt]

An untuned antenna will kill your transmit distance, if the antenna has too much resistance it can burn out the radio's outputs.

I kinda doubt that there's any kind of app that'll turn your phone into an SWR meter. Call around to 12 volt shops, or anybody that installs mobile radio equipment, and pay them to tune your antenna. Like Jim posted, if you just had the meter, it's an easy DIY job.

Not common, but some of the old CBs had built-in SWR meters.

I have a cb it’s a cobra 29 classic it says it was made in 2016 is this old enough I’m worried I’m gonna put this antenna on my truck and then burn my cb out I’m not really looking for distance or perfectly tuned I’m just kinda going for looks and to maybe talk to a buddy 1-2 miles away

 

[RobbieD]

A good quality, not-damaged antenna, and you should be OK.

Radio damage is mainly caused by a grounded-out antenna. That why back in the day, unpopular CBers would find pins poked through their antenna's coax, after their radios stopped working.