Okay I recently installed a Galaxy 949 CB and a 5' Firestik. I have the cb running straight to the battery and the ground going to the frame.

Everytime I push the button to talk my sway bars disconnect.......

What the heck!

By the way, I took it to the local truck shops cb shop and had them peak and tune it up. They said everything was hooked up fine and my SWR was great!

They sway bar will automatically reconnect a few seconds later, but it still has me worried.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Does this mean I have to hold the button and talk the whole trail ride! LOL

 

LOL that is odd. You said you're hooked up direct to the battery? I can't seem to think of any reason that would cause the swaybar motor to disengage the swaybar connect.

 

not sure why but i think a direct ground to battery might be needed
i recall having an issue like that in the past with another car

just disconnect ur current ground and run a jumper wire to battery to see if that fixes it.

 

Thanks for the replies guys.
Well to I was showing my friend what is happening and it set off the sway bar and the EBS.
What is wierd is that it only does it if I have the roger beep function on the cb turned on. I will try and ground it to the battery and see what happens.
I could live without the roger beep, but I just don't like the fact that it is doing it at all.

 

Hey I wonder if that would work with my X, I am tired of getting dirty manually disconnecting mine

 

The roger beep is annoying as hell anyways. It was designed for use in the ham bands for long distance communications. When the signal was weak, you could hear the beep and know the other guy was done transmitting. A lot of people use it because they know it's annoying, but useless.

 

Similar situation. I have a Cobra 75 wired direct to the battery and once in a while while transmitting a random dashboard light will come on accompanied with a chime. The first time it happened I did not notice which light it was. The next time it happened it was the air bag light and one chime Any electrical gurus out there have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Tim

 

Sounds like stray RF is getting into the electrical system. Does the same thing happen on low power? The power line might be acting like an antenna. An RF bead (ferrite coil) installed on the power line might help. A ferrite is that little thing on the power line on your PC monitor. Lacking a ferrite try a loose figure eight knot in the power line.
Also is the power and coax routed parallel? Try rerouting so they are at right angles.

 

Thanks for the advice!

I'm going to mess with it as soon as this rain stops.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking