Short contact with 321 East Cost Florida on Ch. 24 AM and Cornbread in ????
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11 meter is very quiet?
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Hey Recon didn't you once tell me you had a KL-300 P foot warmer in your truck ! I was wondering how you would compare it to a KL- 203 P for success breaking thru the clutter going on now in the DX World. I was coming back from the VA hospital after getting a Echo today and couldn't really break thru the clutter of DX. I have a KL- 300 P setting idle and was wondering if the 300-P would make much difference if I took the time to hook it up. I hear a lot of talk about the KL-203 P but not much about the KL- 300 P but figure that is probably just because it's cheaper. I guess I better start comparing Specs. If this is just a start to a solar high I want to be able to Break on Thru to the other side !
The radio was set with a 2.5-watt carrier, stock mic , #8-gauge wires directly from battery to radio with a fuse between the HOT terminal of the battery and the HOT wire and a 102" steel whip. I always install the fuse at the battery in lieu of inside the vehicles.
I'm done with amps in my vehicles. Routing the wiring for the amp from the engine compartment to the cab, where to install and mount the amp and having a jumper cable from the radio to the amp was sort of a PITA to deal with. I sold all of my mobile amps. Also, there are positives and negatives with a mobile amp with a preamp.
My next plan of action is to buy a new Stryker 447 or 497 and a Stryker SR-A10 Mag Base antenna for each new vehicle and have the carrier set to about seventy-five percent of maximum output and that's it.
I'm on the CB only when traveling within the range of a few base stations and if and when the skip causes excessive interference / disturbance, we use our cell phones. The days of driving on the highway and listening and talking to truckers and other CBers are long-gone.
Yes I can understand your sentiment about PITA! Crawling around and routing wires in these new engine compartments is just that, with Arthritis. That's why it hasn't been done already. Thanks for your Tips and good luck with your Ventures.
PS. I'm also thinking about putting a new hard top cab on my Kubota tractor and know that will be a PITA also but keep me from Freezing in snow removal. Decisions Decisions UGG !
Work smart....not hard.
Take it to the dealership and pay to have the hardtop installed.
You want to play.........you'll have to pay. LOL!
Take it to the dealership and pay to have the hardtop installed.
You want to play.........you'll have to pay. LOL!
Conditions are booming in my receive this morning. Unfortunately I won't be able to jump in.
I'm lightning stormed out for most of the day so I'll miss out on dx today.
It's been over 30 days since we've had any measurable precip so I'll take the rain instead and be thankful.
You gents have a good dx weekend!
It's been over 30 days since we've had any measurable precip so I'll take the rain instead and be thankful.
You gents have a good dx weekend!
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Lots of operators on today, just checked in with the Hog Town Radio Roundup on 36.
"Hog Town"? Must have been a lot of squealing! LOL! LOL! Could not resist that one!
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Yep.
73
Jeff
Yes Sir every time I go somewhere I listen and seems like the radio is working overtime, even on the channels that aren't usually busy. This morning as I was getting ready for the day the old Cobra 2000 with the West Mountain Processor was sounding superb.
yesterday round 2 pm heard a voice on 39 lsb,replied n it was 222 in ny ny .had a good but brief chat.
then last nite on 27.850 lsb 216 in the bushes of northern cali was booming so had to take the call
then last nite on 27.850 lsb 216 in the bushes of northern cali was booming so had to take the call
AmericanEagle575
Supporting Sr. Member WDX-1863
37 and 38 LSB are really hopping at the moment,will be on the air until 11am on those 2 channels and then after lunch, planning on being on the air after 2pm, hopefully hear some WDX members out there maybe and make some good DX contacts.......
73's
73's