I am wondering do you have to strip the coax for when you solder the female connector you were breif in the details about that so do you have to strip the coax and solder the braid to the ground tab that is on the female connector? Also what kind of coax did you use. I tried it with comcast coax and the braid is a type of aluminum or steel and will not solder to copper wire at all. I have tried flux also silver solder and rosin thick solder as well. Any recomendations will be thankful.
@anekon2 Hello, my apologies for my very late response. Yes, you strip the ground shield of the coax then solder it to the ground tab of the connector. Check for shorts in the connectors after finishing the soldering and assembly. Use RG-58 Coax, it is the cheapest and most fit for this project. Others for CB use inclde RG-8 and RG-213. Comcast coax will not work as it is 75 ohm impedence instead of 50 ohm as your CB station requires. This could result in damage to the transmitter.
@JohnBayn My apologies for my late response. The total cost for me was right around 5 dollars or so which is the ammount I paid for the PVC materials. The rest I was lucky enough to have lying around the house. I would estimate the total cost for those who don't have the materials lying around to be no more than 20 dollars.
hi im wondering if possible to make a wire dipole antenna and use the pvc pipe to stabilize the wires from movement and keep them stright and looking good as well and add a antenna matcher inline to keep swr down to par and weatherized it for the cold elements out side of home i think 9 ft on each end for cb frequency the pll 259 female the center conductor goes in the middle the ground on the edge of it too
@bluejay148 Yeah that's another way of making them. If you think about it it's really the exact same thing. Only difference is that this is standing vertical while a dipole would (most likely) be horizontal. And there's only one ground element as opposed to 4, our radials. The size of the wires should be the same size as the ones used here.
Felix I am confused about the amount of solid coooper wire to purchase and the lenght to to cut it into, and aslo the actual lenght of the coax cable. It looks as if you are using three three typer of wire Solid copper @ 102'' and 4 strands of another flexible wire cut @ 104" and then the lengent of the Coax cable
@Gatorbobpa Hello and sorry for my very late response. You are correct, one 102 inch length of copper wire as the main driven element, and four 104 lengths which will be your ground radials. The correct length of coax is whatever length you need to reach from your antenna to your radio.
na i wanna get one for my pick up truck and was wondering if i could use the antenna for the radio?. or do i gotta buy a different one special for the cb?i didnt get one yet but i plan on getting a cobra... also, one with PA capability does that mean i can hook up a all weather speaker somewhere on my truck for like a loud speaker?... thanks for the quick response
@hondax450r No you can't use the radio antenna that comes with the truck. Antennas are designed to operate on certain frequencies and must be of certain lengths and designs. So your truck antenna is made for FM frequencies 86-107mhz and CB is on 27mhz. Big difference! So you do have to get one separate, and preferably mount it on the middle of the vehicle, like the middle of the cab.
instead i don't use colid core cable but tv cable is the same?
nikos839 1 week ago
@nikos839 I'm not sure what kind of TV cable that would be.
FelixTheHouseFreak 5 days ago
@FelixTheHouseFreak ok thank's
nikos839 4 days ago
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nikos839 1 week ago
that brush-on electric tape might work for you. its better than tape if you use a few coats
DrunkenNuts 1 month ago
I am wondering do you have to strip the coax for when you solder the female connector you were breif in the details about that so do you have to strip the coax and solder the braid to the ground tab that is on the female connector? Also what kind of coax did you use. I tried it with comcast coax and the braid is a type of aluminum or steel and will not solder to copper wire at all. I have tried flux also silver solder and rosin thick solder as well. Any recomendations will be thankful.
anekon2 3 months ago
@anekon2 Hello, my apologies for my very late response. Yes, you strip the ground shield of the coax then solder it to the ground tab of the connector. Check for shorts in the connectors after finishing the soldering and assembly. Use RG-58 Coax, it is the cheapest and most fit for this project. Others for CB use inclde RG-8 and RG-213. Comcast coax will not work as it is 75 ohm impedence instead of 50 ohm as your CB station requires. This could result in damage to the transmitter.
FelixTheHouseFreak 1 month ago
about how much is the total cost?
JohnBayn 3 months ago
@JohnBayn My apologies for my late response. The total cost for me was right around 5 dollars or so which is the ammount I paid for the PVC materials. The rest I was lucky enough to have lying around the house. I would estimate the total cost for those who don't have the materials lying around to be no more than 20 dollars.
FelixTheHouseFreak 1 month ago
hi im wondering if possible to make a wire dipole antenna and use the pvc pipe to stabilize the wires from movement and keep them stright and looking good as well and add a antenna matcher inline to keep swr down to par and weatherized it for the cold elements out side of home i think 9 ft on each end for cb frequency the pll 259 female the center conductor goes in the middle the ground on the edge of it too
bluejay148 6 months ago
@bluejay148 Yeah that's another way of making them. If you think about it it's really the exact same thing. Only difference is that this is standing vertical while a dipole would (most likely) be horizontal. And there's only one ground element as opposed to 4, our radials. The size of the wires should be the same size as the ones used here.
FelixTheHouseFreak 6 months ago
Felix I am confused about the amount of solid coooper wire to purchase and the lenght to to cut it into, and aslo the actual lenght of the coax cable. It looks as if you are using three three typer of wire Solid copper @ 102'' and 4 strands of another flexible wire cut @ 104" and then the lengent of the Coax cable
Gatorbobpa 6 months ago
@Gatorbobpa Hello and sorry for my very late response. You are correct, one 102 inch length of copper wire as the main driven element, and four 104 lengths which will be your ground radials. The correct length of coax is whatever length you need to reach from your antenna to your radio.
FelixTheHouseFreak 1 month ago
very nice and siple antena easy to construct tnks for the info 73`s jose luis "Grizzly Bear" in the old Mexico
grizzlybear503 10 months ago
na i wanna get one for my pick up truck and was wondering if i could use the antenna for the radio?. or do i gotta buy a different one special for the cb?i didnt get one yet but i plan on getting a cobra... also, one with PA capability does that mean i can hook up a all weather speaker somewhere on my truck for like a loud speaker?... thanks for the quick response
hondax450r 10 months ago
@hondax450r No you can't use the radio antenna that comes with the truck. Antennas are designed to operate on certain frequencies and must be of certain lengths and designs. So your truck antenna is made for FM frequencies 86-107mhz and CB is on 27mhz. Big difference! So you do have to get one separate, and preferably mount it on the middle of the vehicle, like the middle of the cab.
FelixTheHouseFreak 10 months ago
@hondax450r And yes the PA jack is for a loudspeaker.
FelixTheHouseFreak 10 months ago
can i use the antenna in that came with my truck for a cb or do i gotta buy one seperatly?
hondax450r 10 months ago
@hondax450r Do you mean for your house?
FelixTheHouseFreak 10 months ago