pa55word007Well at last I’m ready to complete the blog update on the CB install on the dub.
I started off thinking that this would be an easy job, just pick up a handheld CB and use it.
Well not on your nelley, with the amount of noise created because of the lack of an external ariel, so easy… get an ariel and put it on the roof….
So I went off and purchased a Wilson Little Wil, great I thought. I stuck it on the roof and stuck the SWR meter on it and my face dropped I had high readings on most of the channels - this just wasn’t right.
What was the problem? The ground plain, well the lack of one! I could drill into the roof, which would allow the body to acted as one, but there was no way I was going to do that, so what could I use.
A website called http://www.4x4cb.com
had the answer. An Artificial Ground Plain, which
you can bolt it on to the bottom of a standard whip. So I purchased a Solarcon
'Dial-A-Match' 36 Inch to complete the setup, this was then bolted on to the
bike rack. Did it work ohh yes!!
To complete the install, I upgraded the handheld (Intek H-520) to a unit fitted behind the seat. I know what your thinking, how can you see the unit from behind the seat? Well it was an Lafayette Venus CB Radio and all the information about the channel, signal and lots of other info is displayed on the mic and not the base unit (a great idea).
