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just wondering how users of the k40 thought they performed against other mobiles on the market...such as the wilson, sirio and the like,i use a 1/4 wave when static but its not very practical for mobile use.i also own the sirio 4000 but it must have a fault as its deaf.how does the good old K40...

i am thinking of buying either an ic 706 mk 1 or 2. an ft 100 or an ft 857 for use as a small mobile radio,however i need to be able to adjust the power output down to a maximum of 20 w on ssb.can any one advise me if this is possible on all of these radios? many thanks in advance.

was using a lincoln in my 4 wheel drive,but now gone back to smaller family car and guess what? no room for a radio! i have tried every possible place but no-go.i have come to the conclusion that i need a radio with a seperation cable,so that i can mount the face like a sat nav unit. thinking of...

hi all, i have a lincoln that i dont use very often,i had a radio report from a station on ssb who said my audio appeared to be cutting out,i have ruled out the microphone and am wondering whether the radios previous owner may have played inside with the dreaded screwdrivers,when talking...

i've gotta laugh,i want to buy a cobra 200,hard to get hold of in the uk and expensive, i know, i will buy from the U.S.and get it shipped over! every cb shop i checked out on the web and contacted says..... sorry we do not ship to the uk at this time,am i missing something here? i thought it...

is it possible,practical or feasable to use seperate power amplifiers on each line in a co-phased array?got a feeling it would be very hard to balance this type of system,has anyone ever tried this? would be interested to hear any comments from you antenna freaks.

hi all, i have recently received a teardrop mic, its pretty battered,but is a 575-m6, the trouble is it has the black mesh missing from the front of the mic insert, has anyone got an old teardrop thats died and gone to heaven and could spare me the part, i would of course pay for any postage...

hi, just wondering if anyone could help with a dodgy mic. put a new battery in mic, keyed up, speech fine but tails off into silence over about 5 seconds. battery works fine in other mics,so is not flat, i presume its component failure,but have no clues,can any one help?cheers and merry xmas...

hi, just bought an old truck and would be happy of a little advice. the antenna i use mobile is a 7 foot firestick clamped to the ladder on the back of the truck,no probs there. static mobile i have a tri-mag with a 2piece quarter wave whip, have not tested this one yet.but should be ok. i...

hi ,with production of the 575m6 finished and the mobile 104 series still available, can anyone tell me the difference in circuit diagrams? are they basically the same inside with the exception of the tone control? do either use speech compression ? thanks in advance.

have a m+2u and jm+2u mobile mic not sure of the differences, after something to give really punchy audio on ssb, as astatic mics are hard to get and are really expensive in england at the moment,would like to use a turner hooked up to a lincoln,any thoughts?

can someone tell me if these are good mics to use with a lincoln, also what type of battery do they take? is it a square 9 volt type? many thanks.

today i went out with my mobile station and some very strange swr problems occured. while static with engine off the swr started off very low but would fluctuate to 2:1 or 3:1 making the radio drop off and stop txing. starting the engine stopped this problem completely the swr was low and...

forget a-99 I-10K i-max2000 and all that.the only antenna i have ever owned that out performed every other vertical was the avanti sigma 4, a massive 3/4 wave monster with gamma match and low low swr between 25.5MHz - 28.0MHz rated at 2KW input i preferred using this one over the 3 element yagi...

hi there had one of these years ago and had a lot of fun with it also made the roger beep switchable but cant remember how to do it now ive got another can any one help me out please, many thanks crusader uk