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What kind of amp is that 450hd on your screenshot pic? neat looking amp, thanks for the pics.

the antenna appears to be on sale from DNJ radio on both amazon and it's own website, but i found it lower priced on amazon.

marconi, if you modeled a 5/8 wl end fed with thick tubing such as the I10k vs a 5/8 of thin wire the size such as the a99 uses, i wonder what that would show?....on a center fed, i would think the ground or counterpoise currents would be balanced, but much higher on the end fed, but i could be...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TAYLOR-GLR-4-GRAND-SLAMMER-6400-OMNI-CB-BASE-ANTENNA-5-8-GROUND-PLANE-OLD-1970s-/172077936437?rmvSB=true googled and got lucky(i may want to buy a lottery ticket today), there is an old taylor for sale on ebay. It is the glr-4 6400. The packaging on the outside of the...

marconi: regarding this link you posted above: http://aa5tb.com/efha.html at the very end of the article, the author states "I can usually rack up 500 contacts using only 4 or 5 Watts. DX is very easy with this arrangement as well". My thought on that is that low power is not likely to affect...

marconi: i believe the difference to be in the wire vs the aluminum, but i could be wrong. once the ground plane was removed from the aluminum tube i10k, the antenna became much more sensitive to it's environment and all the before mentioned variables greatly affected it and to a greater...

greetings marconi; How can one operate a radio through the antenna without a feed line? Once the feed line is introduced, the cmc is introduced. While some may have luck in their installations, others may be unlucky and can never tame the cmc. Power amount being one variable that adds to the...

Marconi, your signal report makes me want to repair my super maggie and get it back up in the air, but as I get older I hate to think about messing with the radials even when I have my son to help me at times with getting an antenna up in the air. I'll likely just stick to running the...

greetings 399: as i said before, i hope to hear that fine sounding station from SA soon, best of luck with your retirement but perhaps you should unretire!:) I wondered why i had not heard you on the air in a while. Best of luck and good wishes.

Marconi, if commish doesn't return or can't get you measurements, i can likely get you some measurements, but it will be a few days maybe next weekend. I still have my super maggie, even though it has a severe bend on the lower end when a storm knocked my mast down several years ago. I had a...

i seem to remember the receive on them was really quiet. and heed the advice on the wattage from above. enjoy the hobby.

I managed to work 4040 early one morning on my way to work, while he was working a station out of europe(can't remember which country for sure) but I was in between him and that station. I could not hear europe but scott was in full stride that morning on his beam. which means scott was up...

tropo ducting is a really cool phenomenon, i really enjoy it.

sounding good marconi, you had all the conditions into cali that day with a +20 db. glad you enjoyed that contact with scott, may he rest in peace.

I hate it when that happens..

that is funny! try a little horseradish.

i had a local friend here who ran a little will with just under 200 watts through it, he never had problems with, but this is just one data point. many folks comment on how it has not worked for them. only way to find out if it works for you and this install is to give it a try. did we...

if this is what the bus looked like originally, you did a real nice job painting that! looks cool in grey and black.

if you have a ladder on the rear or a rack on the top those might be some options at keeping coil above roof line and preventing de tuning from the sides of the bus. the top would seem to be the best option to me, just need to find the right antenna height that won't be hitting bridges and over...

it's likely because sirio is targeting a niche market in the cb and 10-12 meters, where they feel they can capture sales without retooling and spending too much on materials. that is just my guess, a cost vs profit thingy based on anticipated sales from past experience in the market.