CB help

[HappyHooligan]

so I installed my CB under my Kenwood double din apply play radio and if I turn on the CB everything is fine. (I don't hear any chatter) but when I push in the call button I hear a pop and my radio basically dies and says No signal. The only way to get it back is turn off the truck and it works fine till I hit the call button again. What's doing this?

 

[Fiffa]

Where do you have the power and negative going to?

 

[HappyHooligan]

Where do you have the power and negative going to?

power is sharing it with my under seat amp. the neg is shared with it also running to my front seat bolt.

 

[Fiffa]

power is sharing it with my under seat amp. the neg is shared with it also running to my front seat bolt.

Try running to power directly to the battery and the negative to a body grounding point. CB's usually are fickle about where their power comes from.

 

[shadow247]

power is sharing it with my under seat amp. the neg is shared with it also running to my front seat bolt.

Direct wire the CB to the battery. I avoid sharing power wires with an amp if at all possible. Too much chance for interference with the CB signal. Dirty power makes dirty transmissions.