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I run them on my semi, love em.
I have used Wilson, k40, francis, predator 10k, hustler and many others. In the power level I run I could not be happier. They have excellent receive, and can take 800 watts everyday all day.
Just beware these are very tall. The tips on my semi are at 14 feet...
I am new to bird meters myself, so very interested in the answer.
I would think it would be fine since with either element being close to the edges of their working limits of them on either slug.
Thank you all for the replies, in case you wondering why I am using the lmr400uf, it because I got enough for my for free from a friend that bought a spool of for his installation. He had about 50 feet he gave away. I got enough for my run, but forgot about jumpers at the time.
Forgive me but the project in question is at home and I'm on the road currently.
I'm not getting into another coax length battle, so here we go.
Current setup,
Sirio performer 5000, lmr 400 ultraflex to the radio.
Soon to be adding something between the radio and antenna, say for the sake of...
Have you seen how people are acting?
Do you really expect for people to put thought into something? Or think even?
I am kidding of course, but only to a point.
I can't complain, the 132 was recapped 3 years ago and I picked it up for $40.
The 138 I'm not sure about. The guy that I am buying the radios from used to live in the Chicago area, but now lives is Tennessee. He is sending the radio to a friend of his that used to work at the cobra plant in...
Ended up with the 132xlr, the 138 is blowing fuses as soon as you turn it on. He will get it repaired and let me have it for the cost of the repair and the selling price.
I have a chance to get 1 possibly both of these radios at a fair price.
But not sure which is the better one of the two. I don't mod old radios, but I do rotate them in an out of the base station ever now and then.
Never been a huge cobra fan personally. But hard to pass this deal up.
Just...
I'll be looking to get a new radio next year and have been a loyal customer of bells cb for years. But bells is no longer accepting repairs and hasn't for a while now.
So now I'm on the search for a new full service quality shop. Looking at ssb operation as it's main function and I have a few...
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