What a great looking bike!!!This is the antennæ here: http://www.eglidegoodies.com/id109.html
I have to know more about the antennas.......are they identical or is one made for CB????
where do they come from???
Thanx!
What a great looking bike!!!
I have to know more about the antennas.......are they identical or is one made for CB????
where do they come from???
Thanx!
If your looking for short antenna's that can be used with the CB try
http://www.dynasite.net/dynaweb/1000441/ei.cfm?STORE=Y&N=108&SN=129&CT=101a&PG=100077101&W=STC&P=N&S=1000441&U=1&SS=1&CR=1
I have em on mine and once setup with an SWR meter the CB is no problem. Here they are on my SE.(http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeo1xmz/wv0015.jpg)
I never received any instructions with mine from Freedom. :'(
I just got a plastic bag with the two antenna's and the packing slip.. Do you have the directions handy in soft copy that you can send me?
I can see where they say that about the knureled adjuster being at the top. Was this the only directions you were talking about?
Thanks
I never got instructions either....good thing I am a radio tech LOL
I found the best match was with the ring just below center, but all antenna's will be different.
WORD OF CAUTION!
if you fail to match your antenna, you may have highter then a 2.5:1 match..THIS COULD DAMAGE YOUR RADIO...the final output stage to be exact.
If you don't know how to do this, take it to a CB shop...if you are in So. Cal....stop by my place
Hey Fr8trn. I also have those whips from Freedom Cycle. They recommend the threaded ring to be spun all the way to the top for best SWR. Did you find that to be true when you setup yours with a SWR meter?
Okay, I needed something else to do while waiting for warmer weather. So, for a non-radio tech, is getting at the back of the radio the only way to do it? Is it a standard CB radio antenna connection, so all I need is available at Radio Shack?
On the new bikes, there is a connection (Motorola type) under the Tour-Pak liner INSIDE the Tour-Pak. This is where you put your SWR meter in line to check/set the antenna match.
Question for a radio tech: I got a Radio Shack SWR meter, but I have to make up cables with Motorola fittings to match the PL 259 connectors on the meter. Do the added cabling and connectors affect the SWR reading?
If done correctly there should be no affect at all! By the way, Radio Shack probably sells PL 259 to Motorola adapters...Motorola plugs are common for car radio antennas.
Well.. well.. looks like we have a problem Houston! [smiley=oops.gif]
Seems the 2006 model with the new radio uses mini-UFH plugs instead of the normal ones!! [smiley=nixweiss.gif]
So looks like we get to order a special kit from HD with the correct adaptors. Part # HD-48037 [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]
Most dealers I've talked to don't even know about this Kit yet.. [smiley=huepfenlol2.gif]
On the new bikes, there is a connection (Motorola type) under the Tour-Pak liner INSIDE the Tour-Pak. This is where you put your SWR meter in line to check/set the antenna match
I never got instructions either....good thing I am a radio tech LOL
I found the best match was with the ring just below center, but all antenna's will be different.
WORD OF CAUTION!
if you fail to match your antenna, you may have highter then a 2.5:1 match..THIS COULD DAMAGE YOUR RADIO...the final output stage to be exact.
If you don't know how to do this, take it to a CB shop...if you are in So. Cal....stop by my place
Everything I've been told and read, they say "for best results.." make readings from the back of the radio so you see what the radio sees.. [smiley=nixweiss.gif]
Hmmmm. I did a little lurking on a CB board and ran across this post:
With the exception of a small handful of antennas, SWR should not be flat across a band as wide as the CB Band. There should be a reasonable bandwith and there should be a low point where you tune your antenna. IF you plot the SWR on a dipole or quarter wave vertical over an entire band you will see that the SWR is "U" shaped with one very low frequency point called resonance. The FARTHER away on either side of resonance you get, frequency wise, the antenna will become increasingly out of tune and rusult in a higher SWR.
There are you checking your SWR? Coax length should not come into play as mentioned above. And IF IF IF it does ditch the coax because it is defective. In order to determine the TRUE SWR you should measure it at the feedpoint of the antenna and not at the radio. Now granted the radio should be happy with the load it sees but the SWR at the radio output looking into the transmission line but this read will probably NOT be the same as the SWR as measured at the antenna feedpoint. IF you measure it at the radio you are factoring in the losses built into every type of coax and this will result in a SWR that may or may NOT reflect SWR at the antenna feedpoint.
The thing you have to remember is this. While you have to keep your radio happy (of course) with the feedline at the feedline/radio junction, remember all power is ultimately transferred to the antenna at the Antenna Feedpoint. An inbalance at the feedpoint of the antenna will result in power being lost to excess input or excess coax reactance. So IF you can, check the SWR at the Feedpoint of the antenna as well as immediately after the radio output.
Well and OK if you think the SWR should be checked at both places, what adaptors did anyone figure out for the quick-disconnect in the tour pak to the SWR meter? This quick disconnect looks like a male-female phone plug on my 06 model. I didn't see anything at Radio Shack to adapt it to the SWR meter. [smiley=confused5.gif]
Part numbers and/or pictures would be great for this.. [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]
Thanks Mike! [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]
I'll be headed to Radio Shack again this afternoon.. [smiley=banana.gif]
I forgot one tip... check the SWR with the tour pak lid down. It makes a difference - it must be from the metal in the luggage rack.
OK.. OK.. Here's the results:
To do this at the Tour Pak:
You need:
[highlight]2-278-968
1- 278-208C
1-274-710A[/highlight]
1-SWR Meter
and of course 1-FLHTCUSE (06 model)
My knurled ring was almost dead center with 8 threads showing at the top.
I adjusted for a happy mixture between channels 1 & 19 (which I use the most)
SWR was Channel 1 = 1.3
Channel 19 = 1.4
I didn't use any Blue Loctite yet and I'm still wondering how to keep the knurled ring at the present position without gluing it? [smiley=confused5.gif]
[smiley=jalapeno.gif]Thanks everyone for HELPING!! [smiley=banana.gif]
anyone with ideas on how to keep the knurled ring in place. how much does the 3 parts cost including the swr meter? thanks
Hi Guys,
Am new to this site. Let's start with presentations first. Come from Belgium, work for a belgian airline in The Gambia (West Africa) and drove an 1991 Ultra Classic Electra Glide until I ordered a CVO in ... July 2005. My dealer in Belgium told me it will arrive by the end of the month of May. So you can imagine why i'm so eager to find out about the bike. And at the speed of the internet here I can tell you this is not an easy job.
As soon as I have the date I'm taking 2 weeks off (specially kept these for my bike) and I fly back to Belgium.
So just enjoying your comments until my moment comes ...