And would this increase my reception
it wont increase your reception, if you beef up the power cable, then you need to keep in mind that you also need to beef up the ground cable, to increase your reception you need a bigger whip or another whip this is all that i have found that works, i have 2 6 ft whips mounted on the side rails on the bed of my truck and i get decent reception.
why do u ask? plan to start a convoy?
No, it won't hurt anything and it won't increase reception. Get a big old whip antenna.
The power cable? I dont think it would do anything to increase your reception. That just feeds the 12 volts needed to power the radio. It does nothing for reception. You really would be wasting your time and money in doing that.
It wont hurt anything.. You can always go larger, but the 7 ga will be hard to work with and attach to smaller wires...Unless you are using a very small guage 26 or something, it wont make any difference in your reception... Replacing the antenna, adding an antenna tuner, remounting the antenna to a different location, phasing two cb antennas and tuning to the exact frequency or channel you use most of the time will improve the reception and transmission.. You need a SWR meter to do this...
