... It is pretty amusing. You also forgot the important "1/4 wave" and "1/2 wave" which are being left out in the cold. But normally it's always "3 feet." ...
With 102" whip I run a 18 foot langth of coax of RG 58 and have a flat 1 to a 1.1 SWR and 18 feet is what was recomended by the antenna manufacturer of the...
... flat 1 to a 1.1 SWR and 18 feet is what was recomended by the antenna manufacturer of the 102" ************************* Which part of your RG-58 18 foot...
Just the whip itself is full 1/4 wave. When you add the ball mount and spring coil to it I'm not sure. What I do know is the SWR tells it all. When It says...
Now here's food for thought. Ever notice that on a fiberglass whip (Firesitk, K40, Wilson, etc.) it looks like there's wire wrapped around the whip under the...
Now that's interesting. I remember a friend who told me a long time ago it was the coil of a K40 and Wilson that made it a full quarter wave and not the whip....
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hello to all in group...cb radio is about dead in my city here in eastern canada...many on the band are now only truckers who use channel one and channel 19...
Bob, please don't talk skip on CB. I wish I could tell you how many emergency callers I have been unable to help in 30 years as a REACT volunteer because skip...
I disagree. Talking skip does not have to have anything to do with linear amps. It can be by propagation and catching a low pressure system and I would not...
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Unfortunately, Daniel, people don't understand that linear amps are only part of the problem. On AM, talking skip on Emergency Channel 9 (as some do) with or...
I understand your point but still sideband is not for react but for signals too weak on am so you pull them in on sideband. Sideband is the legal extra power...
Hi, Thanks guys for all the awesome information. I really learned alot. My husband is a CB nut. Thanks again Sincerely, Cherrilynn Bisbano IS YOUR BODY...
Are there any active cb clubs or groups in the Boise are that are still active. I have been out of cb for several years & would like to get back into the...
You can find them on the internet. Just type in CB Radio clubs in Idaho on Google ... From: milkman3847 <milkman3847@...> To: cbradio@yahoogroups.com ...
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I've recently gotten back into CB/SSB'ing. Things have changed for sure. My topic is dipole antennas for CB. Back in the 1960's, when I was a kid, we all had...
... I have a page about how to construct a rigid 10m dipole which would work OK for CB as well. http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc_2/10m_dipole.html Using the...
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That's precisley what I mean, I've searched all over the various search engines and found a lot of awesome information on home brew antennas, but those...
Search for dipole calculator...the measurements will get you close. Dipoles work good ..Kinda nice to have horizontal to complement the vertical not as good as...
Sir, I live in Utah and i have tried to get something going down this way too but it seems like the few that are on dont want to meet new people and when you...
Ok, I did the calcs on the 8' 8" diapole and that thing will center at 27.02mhz, very close to channel 2. Usually the idea is to center your antenna in the...
Hey, thanks Ray, I guess I was close anyway. Mike From: Raymond Fink <justafink@...> Date: 2007/12/07 Fri AM 11:05:42 CST To: cbradio@yahoogroups.com...
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