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The other radio had 400 channels and fit in the palm of your hand. Average range was about 1/8 of a mile.

I could get decent range with radios like this before the sunspot cycle took off. These monsters would actually do about 5 miles average, IN THE WOODS. In town, too much noise to hear. Once I talked 15 miles back to camp with this radio. Terrain was definitely in my favor. No real...

Thats what kills me about a large portion of ham operators. They get more offended by violations of FCC rules than drug dealers and child rapist. Wannabe radio cops whos technical knowledge consist of mostly misinformation. Like a cult of FCC worship. I have had similar experiences with...

and yes, the FCC has in the past ran around with RDF during hunting season popping people for running VHF marine radios. The coast guard too to a lesser extent. Wildlife officers love to monitor it too. Your odds of getting popped using marine radios, even casually without a care in the...

I will try to put it in laymans terms. With a handheld CB your comms are going to suck. Go ahead and try it, then tell us about it. Dont blame me, blame the sun because every 11 years there is a peak in solar activity, sunspots, solar flares,etc that causes a layer way up in the sky to...

But the Moonraker is made of cursed tainted metal. I think is illegal and a sin against the holy FCC rules too.

Clearly the problem is your coax was cut too short

..........with a bigger A/B button, and an antenna that dont break inside

Found the problem, harmonics. Checked with another radio for crap in/crap out, and my radio is clean. TX into load and no problems. TX into my base antenna, with about 2mhz bandwidth and i got 1.8-2.4:1, low setting to high setting. Mobile is a very narrow bandwidth antenna, so that explain...

more illegal than running a redlight but not as illegal as running someone over

CB is not a viable option for reliable coms at the moment, and for the next few years to come. CB radio, on the 11 meter band, 27mhz, is affected by atmospheric conditions. The atmosphere in turn is affected by sunspots, which come and go in cycles. EVERY 11 YEARS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE...

If you really want to get'em good, a hose clamp or wire

no this is not a sideband radio, if you want sideband on a handheld there is pretty much only one option, the cherokee ah-100, magnum 1012, albrecht ae2990 and a few others, all pretty much the same radio. ssb is just a method of transmission, same channels as the regular 40 although with just...

When I got my ticket I made a vertical dipole for 2 meters out of coax from a junk marine antenna, some crap wire, solder, a roll of tape and a plastic curtain rod, attached to a nylon string running from the ground up to the second story roof. Started out just measuring the wire and cutting...

that would attenuate most of your signal, but some of it will reflect off the aluminum, and find its way out. A heavy gauge metal roof like a grocery store will also block the crap out of your signal

something burned out. that much ref power would burn a radio up quick, I am talking something like 5:1 with it on high power. This amp gave years of reliable service to the previous owner, a distant relative who passed away and his son gave it to me. Back in the day, when I was a young boy he...

passive RF jamming. There is actually a RF shielding panel made, although quite expensive, not something the local Ramada Inn or movie theater would have, but more like industrial and state counter espionage. Passive "jamming" is legal BTW. As for boosters, lets just say they're the #1...

and some bastard pulls out a shotgun, or revels hes strapped with explosives? my wife calls, my son got hit by a car? or how about these scumbag hotels still trying to cling to an obsolete business model, by playing dirty. it is also quite possible your active jammer knocks out the...

yes, yes, die you bastards, die! Ramada Inn you're next!

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