Cobra 75 WX ST CB radio and Mopar Jeep Wrangler JK Antenna Kit Walkthrough
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Post-install walkthrough of my CB radio rig in my 2018 Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited Rubicon.
Write-up / Article - www.ocabj.net/...
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I’m a ham radio operator… W7UDT… I’ve also owned 6 different Jeeps over Forty plus years… My 2010 2 door JK is my current Jeep.
Your install looks great… grounding is important, but the mount seems to suffice. SWR needs to be as close to 1:1 as possible. The radio is best when isolated electrically. If you’ve run power from the battery, fuse the negative, run the wire thru the firewall and route under the carpet to the body of the radio. Sometimes engine alternator noise (electronic) may cause a noticeable hum. A Noise Blanker can eliminate this… otherwise, you’ll need to isolate it with use of a separate 12v battery of sufficient amp hours… On receive, no problem… but the radio will draw an amp or more while transmitting… so keep your duty cycle short. Great install
I've seen a lot of how-to videos on youtube; yours is easily one of the best - very clear video, very clear audio, linear and logical discussion of the process. Just really well-done. Thanks -
Just beginning to research how to do all of this. I don’t believe I need to see any more videos. You covered it all very nicely. Thank you for this!
Found my first snag. I’m guessing the ends of your mopar cable unscrewed and we’re removable. My amazon cable ends won’t fit through vents or grommet hole for that matter.
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I’ll have to say it again. You did an excellent job on your video. You saved me lots of stress on how I was going to install the same unit.
Great video. My brother and I are getting ready to install CB's in our 16 and 17 Jeep Wranglers. Ordered a kit that contained everything needed from COOL TECH LLC out of Cali. Your video has made our installation easier. Nothing like watching someone do it first. Thanks
I have a president linclon V3 in my truck. I liked it so much I put another one in my wife's car.
Once I got the SWR's tuned out, I was quite happy with the performance. I get flat zero's on all 40 channels with a quarter wave tunable fire stik.
Nicely presented video. I run the cobra WX St in my government car and I run a Uniden 510 in my Jeep JK. Both are very popular with the Jeep community. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
The universe brought me to your video, everything you have in the video was on my maybe list to buy... thanks for the video.
I was lucky enough to have enough safety points @ work to order my CB. I've been studying on how I'd route my coax; problem solved. Thanks again!
Sweet. The coax will be easier than you think. Just be sure to get all the small items you need to get the power hooked up properly.
You do not really ground an antenna but bond it to the vehicle. Your bolts are making that connection you need. Nice install.
Hell yeah SAN DIEGO JEEP CLUB!!!!!!!
I have a 75 WX nice rig. The "guts" are in the handheld part; the junction box is only where the power and antenna are connected. My biggest complaint of the radio is the light is pretty dim and these old eyes have trouble with it in low lighting situations (night) Nice and compact. Good video
Nice video thank you for this. My only concern. With the antenna mounted there if you hit branches or something could you cause the antenna to snap back hard enough to hit the back glass and break it? That's a $1400 glass and I would hate to not think about unintended consequences.
Nice! Call me a copycat, but I'm totally doing that same setup!
BadKarma6 this is what I love about Jeep life, countless videos to show you everything you need to know.
This is a pretty pro install for an FYI'er. This would cost you $200-300 at Car Toys. Heat shrink is easy and highly recommended. I spent 500 to have front and rear cameras installed with a Loc Pic accessory. I love the install but I could have done it myself with a little patience and some beer.
You should definitely tune your antenna using your SWR meter. High SWR's can damage your radio.
thank you ! I was looking o connect the power! awesome video . well done video! :)
Most Jeeps have (mine is a 17) has a way to get wiring into the engine compartment thru a little channel along the hood.
Great video 👍🏼 thorough as always. I can’t wait until I get my Tacoma and get out on some of those trails
Nice install. Thx for posting.
Awesome video. But what’s up with the blurred out object in your cup holder? 😂 Lol
Proto pipe would be my guess
I ended up getting a rubi, and want to throw a nice All band radio in it, should be pretty cool... hoping to find either an .Icom or Yaesu that I can modify to xmit on 26/27Mhz to talk to all the peeps who dont have an interest in Ham radio. as a tip, you should try and make that ground cable for the radio as short as you can and would serve you better connecting to the body or frame. ideally the shorter the power wires are . the better. ( just a lil advice from an extra class ham operator) and if you do have alternator whine, you might try some ferrite chokes (google it) on all cables. cheers brother
Well done. Very helpful. Thank you!
thanks for this very detailed video btw how much coax cable is needed?
The kit comes with 18 feet of coax. I found this more than enough for the way I placed mine. BUT, if you are going to mount your radio to the top of the cabin of your Jeep near the the rear view mirror, you might be cutting it very close and could come up short if you aren't routing optimally.
Do they make one for the left side of the Jeep? I don't think that this would work on my right side.
Doesn't matter if an antenna was built for a specific make/model...your radio may be sending and receiving but not at it's full potential. All cb antennas need to be tuned to your specific placement, mount type, where you chose to run the coax, etc. SWR meters are inexpensive and can acquired at almost all truck stops if you're not keen on ordering and waiting from the internet. Reread your antenna packaging or visit Firestiks web site. It specifically tells you to tune your antenna and there's no truly "pretuned" antenna.
If you read the blog post that was published at the same time as the video was posted, you'll see that I SWR tested the antenna a few days after I recorded the video.
@@ocabj I didn't/don't see that anywhere and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Should put that in the description so it's easily seen. Someone just watching and ordering based on the video itself will at best case scenario lead to performance issues; worst case scenario they fry their radio. No trolling; it's a good video but contains misinformation while the correction is not easily viewable.
@@johnemerson6112 Well, the writeup is literally linked in the video description. But yes, you're right. Most people don't read articles and need to see things in a video.
Reading his Blog 1.1:1 on channel 1 up to 1.3:1 on channel 40 sure sounds like "pretuned" to me.
great detailed overview, thanks
Do you still run this set up? If you dont mind, how long is the coax cable you used? Was it long enough? Ive read that 18 feet is stretching it.
Ray Marcial The kit came with an 18 foot cable. If you run it in how I did, there is plenty of slack. From what I can tell, 18ft might be just barely close if you are trying to put the CB up top (near rear view mirror)
Is that a pipe blurred out in the cup holder? I live in CO and that is where I keep mine....LOL
Keys
What is that accessory/shovel carrier on the Pside of your cargo area? Do you have a link?
Ghost5849 Springtail Solutions side racks. should be first hit on a google search
united? its uniden
As soon as you screw the mount on, it's grounded.
Should of left the whole unit in the back. It's bluetooth, no need to bring it in front
Rear antenna placement for jeep is the worst the grounding plane is shit.
You have lots to learn.
I am no expert but I easily get out about 20+ Mike's on a bad day. And on good days I can shoot skip 1000+Mike's out.