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Dummy load cantenna , 8 gage wire ,meter ,70 amp Astron ..........I knew something wasn't kosher when I was testing it , it went to a local who is pretty good with radios and amps , did the same thing to him and that's when he noticed the pos wire and fuse burning up hot and finally destroying...

I get that Recon , thanks ! My problem is H.O.A. and I'm being as sneaky as I can under the curcumstances .......it's just the way it goes I'm sorry to say . Just the fact I'm talking and doing fairly well for what it is , I just have to accept my limitations . Switch

Didn't want to start another thread so I'll just try here .........Something is not kosher with the Pal 300 ..........it's certainly drawing amps ! the numbers on the bird around 250 rms, about 300 pep ..........the power wire and fuse in are getting hotter then hell ! ? it almost seems as if...

Update over a month later (kind of still working on things as time goes by) The 50ft 10 gage multi-stranded copper wire really helped a lot going down into my garage and to the only water pipe down there .......I just connected the end to where the coax connects on the female 259 inside the...

I'm sure your right Jeff ? After getting away for a handful of years my brain just isn't computing this stuff like it once did , I get bits and pieces or some things come back to my mind in time , I worked for the late Charlie The Candyman distributor for a few years before he passed in 08...

Just was wondering if anyone has used one of these and what they thought about it ? I'm surely no amp expert but it looks AB and kind of resembles maybe a older Messenger amp ? I would certainly think it could do a clean 300 watts with 4 x 1446's ? Thanks

I kind of figured that M0GVZ , I have tried other things suggected and nothing helped my situation but I keep on trying slowly as I go , gonna be running about 60 feet of copper wire hidden behind gutter drain going down to the ground and drilled a hole to get it through my garage to the only...

1978 same as the PC-409 Uniden boards ! (Also President Grants from the same makers ) Tiwan R.O.C although some had the 858 PLL and then came the 8719 PLL ..........5 years later the boards were put into the mighty Cobra 2000 GTL's ! from 1983 to 1993 , they had a good 10 year run especially...

Thank you all very much for the ideas and knowhow . You have all given me something to go on and at least I can give them a try . As I said before Condo living and rules and regulations limit what I can do as is , if it were up to me I would have a good antenna on the roof but that's a no go...

Oh yes , that's where the K40 stinger came in . The utility table is on about 4 inch bricks . Like I said , the match "appears" to be good but there's RF apparently all over the place and can change very easily , I really don't know what the "truth" is here ? Maybe false readings and or mismatch...

Wilson 5K load on a Wilson 1K mag mount (RG58) on a 2 by 3 foot metal table on porch 15 feet off the ground used with a K40 / 58 inch stinger (because it "appeared" to match better then the Wilson's) I'm guessing RF is traveling the outside of the coax because moving wires , radio or coax inside...

My CB radio EGO mentality ! (I'm guilty !) Wow ! Handy Andy really is handy ! Thanks ! Reading your replies is like going to school , even though I might need to read it a few times before it clicks in (or if it ever does) I've known a few techs in my time (if that's what they really were ? I...

Quad 6 , although I'm reading they aren't to swift when it comes to running a little extra power on the side , sounds like there more just plug and play with a little extra (a lot really) I realize 50 to 60 watts AM and SSB can still go a long way , sounds like out of the box there good to go .

I just read a mouth full ! So to keep things as easy as possible and for best results , it's best not to run power with the Q6's ? Is it the fact that even if you de-tune them the pep swing is still to much ? Like for say on 2 x MRF 455s ? (60 watt x 2) or even if I could ? If the radio does...

Thanks to all for chiming in on this one , I read a lot in prior threads about these radios as well , I really have not heard to much bad about them at all , seems the good really out weighs anything bad. Looks like the cost and what you get for your money is surely a bargain. Hopefully in a few...

It's been a handful of years for me and I'm looking to buy me a brand new radio for a change . (Been out of the loop for a while now) From what I have read both the Q6's & PL2+'s are decent affordable radios . Was just wondering what you guys might think ? or if one is that much better then the...

Seems like these Italian amps have really gotten all the more popular over the last decade or so ? I realize this is a 11 year old thread (and a good one) Is this amp now a days still a class C amp ? or did they clean them up ? Thanks

It'a been a while LC , I must admit , this stuff just ain't like riding a bike for this aging dude (threading the needle can be trying at times) .........radio operator friend of mine passed away a few weeks back and I hadn't touched any of this stuff in 6 years or so ......I'm blaming it on him...

It's been a while for me but I think it's pretty cool that the FCC has allowed this on regular CB bands ! (can only hope that it doesn't turn out to be a mess waiting to happen ?) I can remember back in the early 80's ? When FCC was thinking about allowing 40 channels above 40 for SSB use but...

Thinking I found the same thing you did Triple 9 ..........Way cool ! It's been a while for me , Looks like the PC-409 board in the 148GTL ..........Admin fixed my account (Thanks Jeff !) RookieRadio on CBTricks and Switch Kit on the WWDX.