Cb radio question?!
Question: i just bought the cb radio and all my friends are saying it hurts there ears when i talk on it and all truckers say either "whack it" or "toss it out the window" and does it make any difference that i have a magnetic antenna or not what should i do bout this noise and one more thing its a cheap one from walmart its a cobra
Answers: i just bought the cb radio and all my friends are saying it hurts there ears when i talk on it and all truckers say either "whack it" or "toss it out the window" and does it make any difference that i have a magnetic antenna or not what should i do bout this noise and one more thing its a cheap one from walmart its a cobra
If you have noise when you are transmitting, you're best bet would be to go to a CB radio dealer as you have noise coming in from somewheres and going out over your signal.
I've seen Alternators and coils cause the noise....
Step one for me would be a direct connection to the battery to see if it clears the issue.
Mag mounts aren't the best antennas in the world (a 1/4 wave (8 foot) antenna mounted into the car body is best) but it will not cause noise issues unless the antenna is not working like it supposed to (not set up to deliver all or most of the power from the radio out the antenna aka SWR)
Being a cheap radio from Wal-mart isn't your problem as it's a vehicle or mounting issue more IMO as I've had cheap Cobras and Unidens that can talk just like the big boy radios with a performance tuning.
take to a person that works on cbs and have him tweak it.
did you check the SWR?
with a un tune antenna it could be mismatch.
Or the mic could have a broken wire and feed back when ptt is pressed
well first check the swr - if it is way off it may cause noise - and adding a noise filter for the power line may help.
also those mics aren't the greatest - maybe get a d104-m6 or something else (not a road devil - they suck)
the antenna itself doesn't matter as far as noise - now if you only were getting out 1/2 mile then its the antenna - but check the wiring to it - move it - if it runs along side of the fuel pump power wire it may pick up noise from that