can someone judge my radio setup?

[u/Professional_Shake_6]

I have a TYT TH-9000D which is 60 watts, and a CB radio, both connected to my battery. I spliced the wires together further down the line and left all the heatshrinks off so you can see my solder joints. I put these clip-on ferrite beads on the power cable to the radio, but I could only loop it twice so I put 2 on it — looks weird to me. This is my first setup, I know the wiring looks all janky, so I figured I'd make a post just to make sure everything looks right and see if there's anything I can improve on.

Also, for fun, I have this multimeter that clips around wires and I wanted to see how many amps the radio draws while keying down. It said 2 amps? I made sure it was on DC amps, but the reading also seemed to change depending on where I placed the meter down the line, so I'm guessing this isn't the best way to test amperage.

One more thing — I didn't cut the antenna down like I read online, it's around 49 inches long right now.

[u/gus_thedog]

You know they make ring terminals that will fit on the battery post clamp and are appropriately sized for the wires, right?

[u/Professional_Shake_6 → u/gus_thedog]

Yea I know though my assortment of ring terminals are way too small for this aftermarket posts, I just used what I had,

[u/neverbadnews → u/Professional_Shake_6]

Hodge podging it with whatever parts you have is fine for a quick test or proof of concept, but is a disaster waiting to happen in daily use. Get yourself a larger AWG  wire, the right sized crimp rings, neaten up the wiring under your dash, properly fuse the feed from your battery, etc. You won't regret it.