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Cobra 18 WX ST II (don’t laugh)
- Thread starter ForestRunner98
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No, not yet. Just got the amp yesterday.lol Need to pull the radio and fiddle with the inards. Also, I have my son this weekend. He’s not into CB. Gives me a weird look about it. But we are going to see a XFL game. LA vs Dallas
You get a swr/ watt meter? Need one of those. I'd check the output of the radio after you get swr set. If no more than 4w, which typical, I'd just plug and play.
I have a old Radio Shack Watt/SWR to measure the DK watts. Shouldn’t be more than 4 watts on this budget radio but I want to see if I can get to 1.5 or 2 watts. Ya will check the SWR after the amp is on. At the moment it’s at 1.3 so if it goes up to 1.5 it’s ok. Oh and also need to get a fan cause it’s going under the seat.
I get swr as low as possible. I take amp out of play. 2 foot jumper from radio to meter and coax out to antenna. Mine runs 1.1 with 102". The swr will climb with amp on and keyed.
I am not running a 102 whip...would be nice though. I am using 4’ firestik. I might bond the doors, hood and rear hatch. That could get the SWR’s lower. The antenna is on a steel bracket that’s grounded with a flat ground strap to the frame.
Yes. I can’t swear it’s different, but the two or three I have are of that same provenance.
Is it what it used to be? You and R-man can have a pic party to compare innards.
I’ve always had good luck with the 4’ Firestik. Especially in making homemade dipole antennas.
Gonna put my 0.02 in..
My first radio I bought was a Cobra 18 with the 3 weather channels, figured that would be handy as I was doing college 3 hours away in Columbus OH, so traveling every weekend home, I wanted to have resources. Bought it in '94, ran it as my primary up thru around '97 when I lent it to a friend. I had mine "peaked and tweaked", which unfortunately meant clipped, but I had no idea at the time. It was a talker though, made my buddy with his "self tuned" RCI 2950 look bad a few times, barefoot on my Wilson 1000 mag mount. I only replaced it because I wanted SSB, so I got my DX88HL.
As for the RM Italy, Ever notice "Made in Hong Kong"? Maybe why some are blue, some black. I keep kicking around putting one of my Palomars in my Jeep, just for the added help if I ever need it. My Antron 1700 works pretty well without the assistance though, and if I ever make it to Summit Racing where DX Engineering is, I'll be picking up another 102". If I can ever find a 1/4"-5/16" Stainless ball bearing, I'll just braze it onto my old one though, I need the ball to tie it down for the parking garages...
My first radio I bought was a Cobra 18 with the 3 weather channels, figured that would be handy as I was doing college 3 hours away in Columbus OH, so traveling every weekend home, I wanted to have resources. Bought it in '94, ran it as my primary up thru around '97 when I lent it to a friend. I had mine "peaked and tweaked", which unfortunately meant clipped, but I had no idea at the time. It was a talker though, made my buddy with his "self tuned" RCI 2950 look bad a few times, barefoot on my Wilson 1000 mag mount. I only replaced it because I wanted SSB, so I got my DX88HL.
As for the RM Italy, Ever notice "Made in Hong Kong"? Maybe why some are blue, some black. I keep kicking around putting one of my Palomars in my Jeep, just for the added help if I ever need it. My Antron 1700 works pretty well without the assistance though, and if I ever make it to Summit Racing where DX Engineering is, I'll be picking up another 102". If I can ever find a 1/4"-5/16" Stainless ball bearing, I'll just braze it onto my old one though, I need the ball to tie it down for the parking garages...
Alrightee....I hooked up my water meter and got this reading:
I am going to safely say that it’s 2 watts DK? Where is the switch is set at 20w then 100 reads 1w, 200 is 2w...etc. If this is the case then it’s good to go.
I am going to safely say that it’s 2 watts DK? Where is the switch is set at 20w then 100 reads 1w, 200 is 2w...etc. If this is the case then it’s good to go.