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Taking LC's info one step further, to wire any microphone, if its a 4 wire mic, braid will be ground, one inside will be audio, set your DVM for continuity and attach one test lead to the braid,the other test lead to the other two wires, Rx wire willl show continuity without keying mic, tx will...

Are the threads from this forum being transferred or at least archived?, hell of a lot of good solid info here in all departments of the forum, plenty of reference material for those not so accustomed to the ways of successful radio, would be a shame to lose any of it, especially the more...

NP mate, better to buy the best from the start which saves you having to ugrade later, if it costs you a 100 dollars or so and you look at it as 2 dollars a week to have a good signal, then every week it lasts after that are free, that's how I look at it, just bought another hy power 4000...

LP100 or Bird 4314 would be my choice used in conjunction with a two tone non harmonically reated test generator and a dummy load. Another option would be an RF Ammeter, very easy to work power out from Rf current.One thing is certain, no matter what way you do it, accurate ssb power ain't gonna...

Australia, S Africa, Moscow,Argentina,Brazil,Paraguay, Venezuela, Tobago, Us Virgin Islands,Canada,States, Who knows? Anyone got a tape measure? All were from mobile, Back when I had a base setup was doing the same sort of distances with ease, hopefully will soon have a CLR2 up and start...

Firstly the Firestik isn't top loaded, its continuously loaded all the way up the antenna, the majority being at the tip, only decent one was the original 7ft version. Secondly the K40 is an over priced, over rated antenna with a very narrow bandwidth. You'd be much better with a Sirio...

In my experience best way to get good performance out a base antenna is to make up an L shaped bracket, drilled with 4 holes for u bolts to mast mount it, Drill a 13mm hole to mount a sirio so239/DV type mount or whatever antenna you choose, then get 3 or 4 copper insulation coated wires 108"...

I would say who makes the coax is far more important than what type it is, most is cheap chinese imported cable and copper content is low, RG58a/u is no longer a mil spec, Rg 58C/U with tinned conductors replaced it years ago and since then all RG58 type cables have come under the M17/28...

Good Luck with the relaunch. Not sure the best radio forum in the world needs it, but I'm all for improvements as long as the quality of input remains high as its been in the past. Sorry not been about as much lately, health ain't been too clever, but I still try drop in as often as I...

How did You fix it Eddie out of curiosity? just bridge burnt section of disc coil or build a new coil? Sacriledge turning it into a yagi, lol. I bet you wish you hadn't now they are impossible to obtain just about and a cb classic bit of history, lol I wish i never sold my Magnum 3 loved that...

You can use any mobile antenna as a base, best idea is to get it mouted on top of a 20 ft + pole, then add 3 or 4 evenly spaced wires about 108" in length at approx 40-45 degree angle.to the ground side of the mount, then trim each equally in small amounts to get best swr, will work almost as...

Makes sense Garth, even though in those days rg58 was so cheap in the states it would have amounted to a few cents per antenna, but its always the cb manufacturer way to cut every corner possible. I noticed your error but felt it unnecessary to dig up a man of your experience on it as knew you...

P.S If its a silver 5 band one or black 5 band taiwan one, very collectable as are slightly better than later chinese 6 band ones, but even those are great radios. i've had all of them except one thats eluded me, although if it hadn't been for my fucking pc freezing i'd have had a boxed like...

you will be able to get a ranger ss3900 one that will fit it, but will show signal,rf power and swr instead of signal rf power and modulation, you may be able to open it up and switch the cards, not sure as never needed to do it, but jackson s meters are very hard to source, your best bet if you...

I've got a uv5r, well built little radio, as good as any kenwoo/yaesu radio i ever saw build wise, works well, gives 137-174 and 400 - 520 Mhz rx/tx plus 88-108 fm broadcast band, a lot of radio for pennies, i bought mine in uk with sma-so239 adaptor and speaker mike for 37 quid odd, not as...

Its all about getting the right wavelength the plants benefit from, but LED is deffo the future and safer, leccy companies don't notice dramatic rise in consumption so can't grass you, bears in the air can't spot the heat signature as there is none and the plants grow better, if only someone...

I'd take those offcuts in a second, heliax is fantastic if you can afford it, but free its just fucking dynamite.Especially for 2M,70Cm and pmr 446. If you don't want them send me them :) , I'll put it on my PMR setup. On long runs at hf its unbeatable too. I ain't overly hung up on cable...

I think its shocking people could get busted for growing pot, just because lights interfere with radio, but i wouldn't worry too much as most pot growers will be going LED lighting in the future, a lot cheaper too run, safer, less chance of fire, and they know the frequency of light in the red...

when you fried the disc Eddie, did you ever try just bridging the wire with bare wire? just a thought. it may be possiblt to get a pc board manufacturer to make a copy as i'm sure patent will be well up, even if it isn't i doubt they'd care, the other possibility is trace it and etch your own ot...

I don't recall hearing it much after Chernobyl but you guys could be right, i assumed Chernobyl took it out as it took out about a 30 mile radius which is still to this day desolate and fish and wildlife don't last too long. i watched a programme about someone fishing in coolant pools, some...