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CB Aerial/ Fm radio


 
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 15:56    Post subject: CB Aerial/ Fm radio Reply with quote

hi guys,

thinking of fitting CB Radio into my Pajero and was wondering is there anyway a CB aerial could be used for fm radio??? im getting mixed respones to my question
hopefully it could be answered here

thanks,

the new guy
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 16:07    Post subject: Reply with quote

In general - no.

Two reasons really - firstly, the antenna characteristics are different as the frequency ranges are quite far apart, so the antenna length and characteristic impedance need to be different for VHF radio and CB radio. Secondly, when you transmit on the CB, you'll instantly fry the receiver of the VHF radio as the signals it's designed to receive are much, much lower in power than what your transmitter will be thumping out.

Now, that's not to say you couldn't fit some sort of isolator switch to disconnect the VHF radio from the aerial when you're going to use the CB, and accept that reception won't be optimal - but it'll probably be OK for strong stations (eg the main BBC ones) in good signal areas. However given that you already have a perfectly good radio aerial for the radio, and you'll need a different type of aerial in a different location (roof ideally) for the CB radio, it's not usually an issue.
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 16:16    Post subject: Reply with quote

that really clears things up,

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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 16:35    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use one of these, ariel splitter, the radio reception is tons better (all channels) using the CB antenna than the standard Paj antenna and hasn't made any difference with the CB even when using both at the same time...
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 16:37    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.4x4cb.com/public/menu.cfm?Category=748
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 19:17    Post subject: Reply with quote

There you go - isolators Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 21:12    Post subject: Reply with quote

Simple answer to this is yes you can use a CB ariel for normal FM radio as all you are doing is using the ariel to recieve signals.
As long as you dont try and bodge the coax cable to fit your normal radio and your CB you will be fine,
if you want the ariel to run both then you wil lneed to buy a splitter so you can switch between the two.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:53    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good information.................... Idea
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 20:34    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes. Done it years ago with a mini DV27 (wish I still had it.. Sad ) on a Volvo using a coax splitter switch. Worked great!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:21    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you put a splitter in does that mean you can't have the radio on while using the cb?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 17:19    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can use both at the same time
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:28    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, you should use both. Very Happy
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