Recent content by Survival Bill

base transmits just fine I have been farther out on the quad and had no problems... just couldn't figure out why it did not receive in the truck used a meter to figure out the ground wasn't doing its thing, man it was hard to find some were to ground it too had to run a wire to the engine block...

I figured it out myself... The ground end was not grounding properly man their is just to much fiberglass on vehicles these days...

humm my base antenna is 40 feet high and only 3 feet tall and self adjusting for SWR that is why I was wondering if I get another one if I could mount that on the truck if it would work or if the metal in the truck would be a problem.. being small I would think it would stand up to wind shear...

Hi I have just done some testing with my van and my base station were my wife was monitoring after 10 blocks I could not hear her anymore on the CB on the other hand she could hear me up to 20 miles away no problem as I just kept babbling once in awhile on my way to the lumber yard now since I...

Well in the mean time I have found out that it is very hard to get a match of anykind for it and have found out that it will melt with the boot on so I have given up on the jpole from the 300 ohm wire but I will make a folded dipole and see how that goes...

thanks I will check on that

OK I just anwered my own question but now I have another I went to this link and it uses the 300 ohm wire but its for 2m can someone tell me what lengths for making the same but for the CB band thanks... here is the link to the site I found... www.hamuniverse.com/2meter300ohmslimjim.html

I can get 50' of 300 ohm 2 strand cable for $2.00 I would buy it if I can use it for making antennas for CB's ....

At last count their were 3 CBers left :lol:

The problem with the diawa xover one is that the needles are crossing so low on it I really cant tell if its 1.2 or 3.0 :?: as the lines just converge so tight its just impossible to tell what the actual reading is on it...

I got one like that and hate it with a passion...but if you say its better ok I have to test out this one and see how it compares to the cross needle one...

is this SWR meter any good?

at least 500 miles away from were the first atomic pile was built...

Some Wanker hacked the site I am rebuilding what a pain...

Thats what Faraday cages are for!