Setting the SWR on the CB Radio in your car
You'll need to connect everything together in the car before you put things in their final locations just while you adjust the swr reading for your CB Radio to be able to work most effectively.
You'll need the CB Radio connected to the cars power supply with the swr meter connected between the Aerial and the CB Radio using a patch cable.
Follow the instructions here to get a reading for both Channel 1 and Channel 40 on your CB Radio
Adjusting the height of your aerial
Depending on what type of aerial you have, you can make small adjustments to the height of the aerial. Use the Allen key supplied with the aerial to release the grub screw in the base of the aerial to loosen it off.
Raise or lower the aerial in small increments as required until you achieve the lowest possible reading on both channel 1 and channel 40.
Once this is done you can remove the patch lead and swr meter, connect the aerial directly to the CB and finally put the CB Radio in its desired location ready for operation.
Keep your CB Radio on whilst driving around and keep it set to channel 19 and hopefully at some point you'll start hearing other CB Radio users in your area!
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Setting the SWR on the CB in the car
Other Links:
Setting up a Homebase CB Aerial
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