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CB Help
« on: March 10, 2011, 02:15:31 PM »
I've only tried to use my CB a few times with channels like 14, 17, 19 & 27 but it never seams to work.  What is the range of these?  I have a J & M internal antenna.  Suggestions appreciated.
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Re: CB Help
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 04:04:06 PM »
Quote from: roadking71865 on March 10, 2011, 02:15:31 PM
I've only tried to use my CB a few times with channels like 14, 17, 19 & 27 but it never seams to work.  What is the range of these?  I have a J & M internal antenna.  Suggestions appreciated.
Imho, those J&M internal antennas are junk.  If you do a little digging in this Electronics Forum, Sklywag, has done a lot of research with aftermarket antennas, and with a little tweaking, you can make some pretty big preformance improvements. Stock, the units are good for approx 1/2 to as much as 1 mile, if line of sight.

On my 06, I removed the Tour-Pak coil and mounted a Firestik, and was able to get out to just about 3 miles down an interstate. I'm hoping with a little more work, I'll make some more incremental improvements.  Regarding range, it will definitely help to have the other riders in your group do the same.
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Re: CB Help
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 04:51:50 PM »
With the internal antenna, you're likely to eventually blow your finals on the cb.  SWR match on the internal is probably through the roof.
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Re: CB Help
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 05:09:48 PM »
Anyone have any luck with the shorter style external antenna's?
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Re: CB Help
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 06:14:37 PM »
Quote from: roadking71865 on March 10, 2011, 05:09:48 PM
Anyone have any luck with the shorter style external antenna's?

If they are like the J&M versions (and I think they are, from what I can tell...perhaps HD got J&M to make them?), I had those on my 06 SEUC and they worked fine.  Supposedly, they were "tuned" for the CB's on Harleys, but that's just what they said.  They did work though, but I can't attest to the effective range, other than they worked fine from the front of a 100 or so bikes to the rear of the pack (so, a mile or so).
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Re: CB Help
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 06:24:49 PM »
Check out this link for more info
http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=55380.msg848997#msg848997

Internal CB antenna's by design cannot work, if they do they will end the end destroy the output of the CB
« Last Edit: March 10, 2011, 06:26:48 PM by Sklywag »
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