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I have a 2011 STVS and would like to know if I can use another CB radio that has a built in SWR meter to adjust the antenna for SWR on my Royal Star. Thanks Bob
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Hi all, I'm a bit stumped. :confused24: I recently upgraded my '86 to an '89 and am working through the bike making sure all is alright. The bike was missing the tip of the antenna so I'm trying to "fit" a new tip. I cut an antenna about 20" thinking I can step it down until I get the SWR corre...
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I installed a firestick antenna. To tune it I disconnected the cable from the antenna that goes to the radio and hooked it to the SWR meter so I have the cable running from the radio to the SWR meter. I then took the jumper cable that came with the SWR meter and hooked it to the SWR meter ANT conn...
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I put the SWR and watt meters on the CB antenna cable today. I did not expect good readings on the stock antenna. Especially with the short little cable and RCA jacks it has. A good SWR is below 2-1 a really good reading is below 1.5-1. With the short cable on the stock antenna I was anticipating so...
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Giving mad props to my home slice Bummer. He's good peeps. Ok now that I got that out.... I want to thank Bummer for helping this past weekend with getting the SWR adjusted on my firestik cb antenna and also for the connector on the firestik am/fm antenna. I was amazed at how easy it is to...
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Hi CB experts! My CB has been nothing but a headache from start to...well...I haven't finished yet. Broken antenna, bad squelch and volume pots, SWR meter issues and now tuning problems. I installed a Wilson Flex 3' antenna with tunable tip. I like it better than the Firefly (or did like it...
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The CB antena wire goes into the black box under the trunk where do U connect the meter to adjust the SWR Gambler:15_8_211[1]:
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Has anyone successfully installed a J&M handlebar CB on their RSTD. I've been working with a friend and fellow member here to install one of the units on his Tour Deluxe. It was fairly easy to install but there is an incredible amount of engine noise in the system. To the point of being unusable....
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Marshall Gammon was kind enough to send me this diagram showing how to properly use hook up a SWR meter if you have done the Marshall Mod to your radio. I am attaching two files. One is a regular .jpg file but the reduction in size makes it a bit hard to read. The other is a .ppt file. Very good...
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Marshall Gammon was kind enough to send me this diagram showing how to properly use hook up a SWR meter if you have done the Marshall Mod to your radio. I am attaching two files. One is a regular .jpg file but the reduction in size makes it a bit hard to read. The other is a .ppt file. Very good...
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I would like to find a fellow venture rider in Central TX, who has an SWR meter and would be willing to help adjust my CB. BikerJohn
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I could spend a lot of time here typing various opinions and etc. about antennas, coax, connections, etc. The fact is though, there are smarter people with me who have already done it. One of those is Firestik Antennas. Great information regardless of whether or not you have that particular brand...
