Anyone know the actual power out put on the HD CB, not what it is rated for, but the actual power watts out? The reason I ask is that I got a SWR meter and found that the stock CB antenna's both long and short had a very high SWR reading, which can cause a problem with range and can damage the finals in the radio, thus limit the power output or even completely blow the finals and the radio is toast. My dealer is no help and they do not check SWR and their idea to check CB output is to transmit to another bike 20 feet away......??? My meter has a power reading and it only shows about one watt to 1 1/2 watts with modulation, not very good. I got the CB back to 1.1 and below 1.5 across the entire band but had to go with a two foot firestick antenna with adjustable tip and had to use the Sierra Electronics HD adapter to thread on the firestick.
Another point on the PTT, my Tri Glide did not come with it and it was problem to buy just the PTT button.
I had the same issue for my 14 tri glide with no PTT button, so dealer installed the lighted switch set up, and the saw that the reverse button did not work. They could not figure out a solution so they called HD and after three days were told that HD did not make any lighted switch for the 14 tri glide, so my only option was to buy the entire non lighted switch housing to gain a PTT, however during the three day wait on HD I did some research and found that all HD switches are made the same on the inside, the only difference is on the case and the buttons. In other words all switch wire harness are lighted and have the reverse wiring present, just change out the button caps. I did just that, remove switch cover and popped off the reverse button cap and saw that it had two little plastic tabs on the sides of the bottom of the button that prevented it from rocking down, took my pocket knife and sheared them off, replaced cap and cover and pushed the switch down and there was reverse. Surprised that HD could not realize this simple fix. Told my dealer this solution as they had three other trikes with the same problem and at first they said no way, can't be that simple. I should have charged them for the info.
Another point on the PTT, my Tri Glide did not come with it and it was problem to buy just the PTT button.
I had the same issue for my 14 tri glide with no PTT button, so dealer installed the lighted switch set up, and the saw that the reverse button did not work. They could not figure out a solution so they called HD and after three days were told that HD did not make any lighted switch for the 14 tri glide, so my only option was to buy the entire non lighted switch housing to gain a PTT, however during the three day wait on HD I did some research and found that all HD switches are made the same on the inside, the only difference is on the case and the buttons. In other words all switch wire harness are lighted and have the reverse wiring present, just change out the button caps. I did just that, remove switch cover and popped off the reverse button cap and saw that it had two little plastic tabs on the sides of the bottom of the button that prevented it from rocking down, took my pocket knife and sheared them off, replaced cap and cover and pushed the switch down and there was reverse. Surprised that HD could not realize this simple fix. Told my dealer this solution as they had three other trikes with the same problem and at first they said no way, can't be that simple. I should have charged them for the info.
