How should I mount my CB antenna?

How do i wire my new CB Mag mount antenna?

  • Ok well I've been using CB for millennia, and have just upgraded my original Thunderpole antenna to the Thunderpole Voyager (WOOOOOOOOOO). Well any way I can’t wire the new Mag, it’s completely different from the old, from what I can gather from my experience the coax core goes onto the whip (metal rod- antenna) and the outside braid goes on the actual magnet as the earth? Is this right, I don’t want to blow up/burn out my Intek M 490 Plus!! –good rig.

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    Coax centre to whip and braid to magnet. Surprised there aren't any cable clamps or screw connectors to give you a proper indication. Even more surprised the antenna doesn't come with a cable and all you had to do was decide on a PL259 or BNC plug at the business end.

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I wasn't going to answer this originally because it seemed to be answered ok by the other fellow. A couple details are lacking. Your actual wiring of the antenna itself has something to do with how well it works, yes. I'm shocked there aren't some easily identifiable soldering points on the antenna to add the cable. Anyway, there are some other things you need to consider. The length of the cable matters. Theres a whole month of class I took on matching feeder (coax cable) to antennas. Its not an easy process to do a professional job. Your soldering on both ends also makes a huge difference. When all is said and done, you need an SWR meter to check that the antenna is working properly. The maximum SWR for your rig should be in the manual, usually around 1.5:1 is maximum. 1.5:1. 1.1:1 or 1:1 is ideal. Any more than 1:1 SWR and more of your 50 watt (or whatever transmit power you use) is being reflected back at your rig and not radiated by the antenna. That is what will burn up your rig. If you don't have an SWR meter go buy one. They are fairly cheap for 11 meters (CB band). It MUST be for CB, it cant be some other frequency range that the meter is designed for.

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