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    Dipoles

    Ok S & W, the diameter is 1.82 inch but not shure about the eye bolt, i did'nt see anything about that, but there should be an eye bolt tjat may work, i looked everywhere and did'nt see anything to hang the dipole on, i about rigging some kind of clamp, i did find a pole clamp that had a about 1...
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    Dipoles

    S & W, I found a Military surplus place called Coleman's Military Surplus supplies or something like that has 6 4.5 ft fiberglass tent post for $9.99 plus tax but not sure about shipping which sounds pretty good to me
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    Dipoles

    OK one thing i'm not sure if youbut when i said attach to the side of the house what i ment was it would be attach the the trim and not to the house itself, was'nt sure if you got that or not, S&W you said you used a fiberglass pole, how high is it and could i use one but not guy it if if was it...
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    Dipoles

    Thank S&W, that was kind of what i was thinking of, well i guess i'll have to try something different, not sure what, I have a big tree 20 foot or so from where i was going to the mast so maybe i'll make it a sloper, tie one end up to the tree and tie and othernside to where i was going to tie...
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    Dipoles

    Right i understand what your saying, what i was saying id i wanted to use a mast about 30 - 35 ft uo along the side of the house and some how attach a hook of some king to the top and hang the balum to it and let each sides drop to the sides of the mast to the house, the only part of the dipole...
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    Dipoles

    Hello, I have'nt been on for a while, I have a homemade dipole that a freind made for me some time back and now i would like to put it up, my question is i would like to set it up along the side of my house, i have a 35 ft of a 20 and 15 ft of metal pipes, ok, i was thinking of some way of...
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    My new Radio Kris XL-50

    AudioShockwav, i know of this company, i got a couple of FM kits for my President Madison and my 142 GTL
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    size of a CB Beam Antenna

    What is the biggest size CB beam antenna that can go on a mast, i know a 3 element will work but what about a 4 or 5, even or even maybe a 6 that was guyed good, wo what do you guys think, the reason i'm asking is that i don't have a lot of room for 2 antennas, i was thinking of putting a...
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    I use to talk a lot AM but got tired of it real fast, what was funny back in the day i knew a lot of people that had some high dollar side band base radios that only talked on AM, i thought that was stupid, if they just wanted to talk AM they could have just bought a Mobile AM radio and used...
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    Codeman are you a driver, I live in Pipe Creek, i live probably around 15 to 30 miles from Dr._DX, well i think i do and you live out by 1604 and 281, i think you said some where in that area so ya you did good with boomerang antenna, that antenna works pretty good if you made it out here, when...
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    Pole Cat CB base antenna

    OK thanks for getting me straight on it and the beam i had or maybe still have was the Crossbow II as what Switch Kit had said but it don't have the gamma but i cane get them ever where
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    Pole Cat CB base antenna

    Homer you also said that you had a Blue Cross Bow,, are you talking about the Radio Shack Crossbow beam, i don't know anything about them except what i read about them, didn't know they couldn't handle much power but is i used it i would probably or i would change out the gamma to one that could...
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    Pole Cat CB base antenna

    Hi Homer, i been looking at that drawing of how to put the replacement coil on but the drawing doesn't look right, the Red wire (The Coax Center Conductor)from the coax is where the ground would be on i think and the (Coax Braid The Coax ground )would be the Blue wire, when i looked at the...
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    Hi Codeman, whats up, have you been on the radio lately and who have you heard in town, even if i had a antenna up i can not hear that far on a groundplane.
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    So whats up in the San Antonio radio stuff. S
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    Hi codeman, SWR are between 1.2 to 1.4, can that antenna be adjusted, myself i like lower SWR, my Pole Cat when everything is tuned, the SWR are pretty low, like 1.0 to 1.2 maybe a little lower but that covers around 120 to 160 somewhere around there but that antenna seems it does pretty good, i...
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    OK thanks, sounds good to me, you said he is in neck of the woods, well you know i live out here in Pipe Creek area so he is somewhat close to me, I think the 2510 may need caps can he recap the radio or should i let roger bird do the work, how do i PM people on here, never done that here
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    Pole Cat CB base antenna

    It was not a very good looking antenna but who cared as long as it did what it was for, if i had the know how on antenna building i would give it a try of rebuilding the Pole Cat with a bigger load, not a real big one but just big enough so i could put more that 100 watt through it, does the...
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    CB shops in or around San Antonio Texas

    Codeman i got a few radio's Uniden 2510, a Super Stat JA ans a Uniden PC 122 that i think needs caps, they all probably need caps as it's been some time simce i used any of them, just looked at the Boomerang antenna and looks like a good deal, do they still make them and what kind of SWR do you...