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bristol bloke Lifetime member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 240 Location: bristol
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 18:44 Post subject: new set up |
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Bought my self a cheap rig of eBay,manage to get a midland 38 2 mics and 2 swr metres and ext speaker for £20 ,just waiting on my stinger and mount to come. If I mount it on the bullbar do I need to rub some paint off to earth the mount or don't it matter'?
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 20:47 Post subject: |
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You won't get a particularly good SWR or signal with the twig mounted on the Bull Bar. It'll be alright if you're in a tight convoy but as soon as you spread apart you'll lose reception... _________________
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bristol bloke Lifetime member
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:57 Post subject: |
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The aerial arrived today but instead of the 90cm one they have sent me a 1.55m one,would it seriously affect the swr if I cut it down? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 23:17 Post subject: |
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Yes the wound core inside the loading section won't have enough length to compensate. _________________
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bristol bloke Lifetime member
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Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 23:59 Post subject: |
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okay,seeing I got the longer stinger it should be okay on the bull bar,would it pay to run a earth from the mount to the body? |
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Yojimbo
Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 1202 Location: Bucks
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:27 Post subject: |
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The mount needs to be well earthed, preferably to the bullbar, and the bar should have a decent connection to the body, if not then yes, a separate earth bond wouldn't go amiss. |
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bristol bloke Lifetime member
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 15:08 Post subject: |
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I'm going to use some fat earth cable I got for a amp |
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