Can any one direct me to a CB technician that is good at tuning motorcycle CB's somewhere between Greensboro and Asheville, perferrably around&nbsp\\;Lake Norman area of North Carolina?
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I have a 07 UC and just installed a J&amp\\;M CB on my wife's Honda.&nbsp\\; I contacted J&amp\\;M about the bad&nbsp\\;reception from their radio.&nbsp\\; They gave me suggestions to check which&nbsp\\;new to me and I would like to take both bikes to someone experienced in tuning motorcycle CB's and have them set up.&nbsp\\; Once my wife is more then a 100 feet from me she starts breaking up. We even have a 3 foot antenna mounted to her sissy bar.
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I will also entertain any suggestions from members who are CB experts.
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Thanks everyone

 

Find yerself a local truckstop, an' ask who does good CB service.&nbsp\\; Sounds ta me like yer SWR's are way off....

 

go to radio shack and get yourself an swr meeter about 20 bucks, real easy to tune.

 

now why would you take both bikes to a service shop? you just installed the radio on "her" bike. You should be able to talk to some one at distance, of a mile or two on one of the bikes and by process of elimation determine which radio is having a problem? Now do you have an VOM ? if so check your antenna from the center conductor of the antenna connector to the whip of the antenna(providing it is not a loaded fiberglass whip) one should see a short or 0 or close to 0 ohms. The next test would be from the shell or shield of the antenna connector to the center, should be open or no connection. The third verfication is to check from the shell or shield of the antenna connector to chasis or ground, this&nbsp\\;should be short or&nbsp\\;near&nbsp\\;0 ohms. Let us know what you find?&nbsp\\;

 

dryrun, thanks for your advise, I will try them. It is amazing how one minute we are talking decent then several minutes/miles later it is terrible.