CB Radio issue

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💔💀Wolf💀💔 Aug 17, 2020

So I have a CB radio in my truck, I use it to keep in touch with my employees who work in my feedlot and my 3 drivers I have for my trucking company. Anywho, I've had this issue for a while now, when I key my mic to respond to someone and I'm say, on youtube listening to music and I key my mic, my phone kicks me off of the app or my screen changes to where I can clear open apps. It also does this when it's on the home screen. But it doesnt do it if I'm streaming spotify to my truck radio or on facebook. Anyone have this same issue or might know what's going on?
Brown🎵Note Aug 17, 2020

Maybe check the grounding of your radio? Try a different USB cable for your phone?
💔💀Wolf💀💔 Aug 17, 2020

Brown🎵Note wrote:
Maybe check the grounding of your radio? Try a different USB cable for your phone?

I bluetooth everything into my radio, but my cb interferes with my phone. I've done numerous things to try to prevent it but it continues to do it
〓∞Persephone∞〓 Aug 17, 2020

Cb and phone operate at much different frequencies and don’t interfere with eachother. I have zero knowledge of BT frequencies used. Is the CB also Bluetooth enabled? If so, try turning it off on the cb side.
💔💀Wolf💀💔 Aug 18, 2020

∞🪓Persephone🌲∞ wrote:
Cb and phone operate at much different frequencies and don’t interfere with eachother. I have zero knowledge of BT frequencies used. Is the CB also Bluetooth enabled? If so, try turning it off on the cb side.

This CB is from 1986 it does not have bluetooth 🤣
Brown🎵Note Aug 18, 2020

💀Wolf💀 wrote:
∞🪓Persephone🌲∞ wrote:
Cb and phone operate at much different frequencies and don’t interfere with eachother. I have zero knowledge of BT frequencies used. Is the CB also Bluetooth enabled? If so, try turning it off on the cb side.

This CB is from 1986 it does not have bluetooth 🤣
A CB from 1986 probably doesn’t give a shit about Bluetooth. It’s just barking out RF like it owns the place. Imagine what it would do to a frozen burrito.
💔💀Wolf💀💔 Aug 18, 2020

Brown🎵Note wrote:
💀Wolf💀 wrote:
∞🪓Persephone🌲∞ wrote:
Cb and phone operate at much different frequencies and don’t interfere with eachother. I have zero knowledge of BT frequencies used. Is the CB also Bluetooth enabled? If so, try turning it off on the cb side.

This CB is from 1986 it does not have bluetooth 🤣
A CB from 1986 probably doesn’t give a shit about Bluetooth. It’s just barking out RF like it owns the place. Imagine what it would do to a frozen burrito.
She is old but still works like it its new
📡 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 📡 Aug 19, 2020

Although they are massively far apart on the electromagnetic spectrum, You could be throwing out some nasty harmonics that might throw a Bluetooth connection out. Check your antenna setup. How does the SWR (standing wave ratio) look? A poorly tuned antenna can be a nightmare.

Also, if your mic level (or preamp) is too hot, you could be overmodulating, again causing nasty harmonics through distortion.

Also check that you’re not pulling too much current. It can pull the voltage down which can also distort the radio signal. Turn your output power down where/when/if possible to prevent this.

There are subtle differences as to how these things will take effect depending on transmission mode (AM, FM, SSB) but they all still apply in some form or another.

I’m old.
💔💀Wolf💀💔 Aug 25, 2020

🔥B337🔥 wrote:
Although they are massively far apart on the electromagnetic spectrum, You could be throwing out some nasty harmonics that might throw a Bluetooth connection out. Check your antenna setup. How does the SWR (standing wave ratio) look? A poorly tuned antenna can be a nightmare.

Also, if your mic level (or preamp) is too hot, you could be overmodulating, again causing nasty harmonics through distortion.

Also check that you’re not pulling too much current. It can pull the voltage down which can also distort the radio signal. Turn your output power down where/when/if possible to prevent this.

There are subtle differences as to how these things will take effect depending on transmission mode (AM, FM, SSB) but they all still apply in some form or another.

I’m old.

My radio is tuned, antenna is properly tuned. I figured it out sort of...if my phone is too close to my mic when I key it to talk, it fucks with it
💔💀Wolf💀💔 Aug 25, 2020

But if my phone is on the dash or in the other seat it is fine
✞€ℍ₳ℙ╚₳ł₦✞ Aug 27, 2020

You have a heater? Mine does strange things when I am amped up
📡 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 📡 Aug 27, 2020

Yeah, it could well be burner related. Those things tend to throw stray RF all over the place.