This energy is being absorbed by the circuits inside the set, and they won’t like this very much - they will heat up and eventually burn out leaving you with a hefty repair bill or having to buy a new CB. If your aerial simply needs tuning for length, you will have more energy than ideal being reflected back, but as you get close to the right length (most aerials have some form of easy adjuster on them, or by simply cutting the whip), this will decrease, until you reach an acceptable level, and the aerial is tuned.īut if you have no earth for the aerial, you will find pretty much all of the energy is not being radiated, and no matter how much adjusting you do to the aerial, you will still have a very high reading on the meter. (Slide the battery pack back on and you can get out of the vehicle, still in radio contact.)Ĭonnecting the CB to your vehicles' electrics This saves on batteries, and allows the unit to work with an external aerial, all with one easy slide-on connection. The Midland comes supplied with (among other things) a battery illiminator that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket for power, and has a normal CB sized connector for the aerial lead to plug into. There are currently two hand-held CB sets available, the Midland 42 and the Maycom AH27, they are both roughly the same size, with similar features & facilities. Unfortunately these do not work very well from inside a vehicle (especially a metal vehicle) with their own aerials, but connect them to an external aerial and they will work just as well as the vehicle sets - with the advantage of being able to use the large number of different hands-free speaker/microphone units in our catalogue. The alternative to a conventional vehicle mount CB set is to use a hand-held unit. The more expensive sets tend to use better quality switches and controls, so you would expect them to last a bit longer. Having said this - there are certain CB's that are better than others and this doesn't automatically mean the most expensive! We have our proven favourites that we know will give problem free service (the Midland 48 Excel in our catalogue is a good example of this) but we stock every CB currently available.Ī budget CB may well transmit as far as a more expensive unit but the sound quality (both transmitted and received) might not be so good. We will take the time to listen to what you would like to do, and suggest them kit to do it.Īs with a lot of things today, you do get what you pay for although in truth there are no really "bad" CB's made now - what you do get when you spend more is general build quality and increased life expectancy of the equipment. Hopefully the information in our catalogues and on this site will give you a insight into what equipment might be best for you, but please feel free to get in contact with us if you have any questions at all, either for first-time users, or advice on improving a current CB set-up. Please don't forget - If you would like us to suggest a suitable complete package for you, please call - we can discuss what you might need and can put together the most suitable system for you. We can supply you with any extension cables, spare power leads, brackets and switches should you wish to install a second unit within the living space or simply make the drivers unit easily transferable to (or useable from) there.Ī good way to find out local information and events, chat to the locals and be able to get an idea of traffic conditions, before you leave to go anywhere! Permanent Installation If you prefer to have a permanent fixing, this can be almost as simple to do and gives you the benefits from having the CB every time you are on the road as well as being a more convenient & reliable system compared to a temporary setup.Įven when you get to where you are going, and especially If you are in a group that places a high emphasis on the social and friendship aspect, then why loose the ability to all chat together, just because you're no longer sitting in the drivers’ seat and you don’t fancy sitting outside together all night? If you just want to have the CB for when you go away and would prefer not to have it there normally, then you can have the easiest installation of all - the set plugged into your cigarette lighter socket for power, and a temporary bracket on your side mirror arm, roof grab rails, luggage bars or ladder, or magnetic mount on a metal panel. To get yourself up and running you will need a CB set, an aerial fixed to the vehicle and a lead to connect the two! CB radio has always been intended as a simple, short range, two-way band service available to the general public without the need for technical know-how and as such is (in most cases) extremely easy to fit and use.
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