Easyist and cheapist Way To Align a CB RIG

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Denstar51
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Easyist and cheapist Way To Align a CB RIG

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Can anyone tell me the poor man's way to do this with the least cash outlay?
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take it to shop or send via ups or fedx that has all the proper equipment to do it
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Post by zodiac »

Hi Dennis,
It would help if you told us what the radio is, then someone might have the answer your looking for :oops: .

Dave.
How far is it.
Twice it's length from halfway.
Denstar51
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Post by Denstar51 »

Sure, Dave, the radio is the hygain v with the PTBM036AOX board.
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Post by onebuttuglygit »

hi ya matey....I too have been asking ths question ,,,,but have had no replies.....if you get one will you email or message me,,,,,and i`ll do the same .......
cheers
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Post by timrim »

The problem is, without proper equipment, you have little chance of aligning a radio. To completely align a radio, you need a wattmeter, signal generator, sinad meter, oscilloscope, frequency counter and a 50ohm non inductive dummy load at bare minimum.

You can do a basic power output alignment with just a good peak-reading wattmeter and dummyload, but thats gonna be about the limit as to what you can do.
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