How do you like the Magnum 1? I have been tossing around the idea of a new radio myself and I think the Magnum would suit me. How do you like the performance and operation of the radio?
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How do you like the Magnum 1? I have been tossing around the idea of a new radio myself and I think the Magnum would suit me. How do you like the performance and operation of the radio?
That is because w9cll is a Ham operator . . . Biased against 11 Meters and CB'ers.
Export radios "rock", especially on AM and are MUCH less expensive than Ham gear . . . With Hams it's often a "status" thing, whether they admit it or not !
If you think w9cll is against "export radios" on 11 meters, just imagine what he would think of using 3kw Ham gear on 11 meters - LOL !
You mean that you are NOT a Ham operator W9CLL, living in Burbank, IL, and that your previous callsign was not N9MQY ? ( ARRL callsign search )
If not what I stated, how do you feel about 10-meter "export" radios being modified and used on 11 meters, by "unlicensed" CB'ers, and why ?
It has nothing to do with him being a ham. The guys on the other forum that actually offered you help were hams. I didn't like exports before I had a ham ticket for reasons that have been discussed, argued about and beaten to death over the last decade. Strange things happened when I would drive a chain of amplifiers with an export vs a cobra 29. Now that I am licensed I still don't care how many watts you want to run.
I would rather see you run the big ham amplifier on 11 meters than something of lower quality. I also like to see people buy an amp that is actually big enough to produce the power they want cleanly and reliably. Unfortunately hams and cbers will drive the hell out of a smaller amp get more watts. Not only does it trash up the band but they spend a lot of money replacing tubes or transistors. It doesn't help that some ham amplifiers are advertised at higher power levels than they should be.
See this is where most CBers go wrong. Your export may indeed "rock" on AM and you may get great signal reports on SSB too but the issue MOST hams have is the fact that MOST CBers cannot or will not look beyond the channel they are on for interference. It is NOT status thing whether YOU want to admit it or not. It is a TECHNICAL thing. Export radios have been PROVEN time and time again to be spectrally dirty even when compared to most stock regular CBs and certainly ham gear. Dont take my word for it. Take an engineering report instead.
I never said that ALL Hams share the attitude I described. Most Hams are friendly and helpful. However, there are those who are "elitists", even among themselves, who "look down their noses" at everyone they deem "inferior" to themselves. I am 100% certain that I am not the only CB operator who has ever experienced this from Ham operators.
I heard someone's spur from 27.025 (ch6) on the cw portion of 12 meters a few days ago. He was +30 on ch6 and about an s7 on 12 meters. His audio was actually more clear on 12m. No idea what kind of radio he was on.
You're not the only one but those kinds of people are a pain in everyone's ass and every hobby has them.
I hear Mark requires you to send money before he will allow you call him and order a radio. If he has to hang up on you you may not get a second chance.
I'm a complete CB guy through and through but as a former tech I'm the first one to point out that export radios have no business being on CB OR Ham bands. Poorly designed and will emit harmonics and spurs all over the place. Lots of junk.
If you want to play on CB, get a CB. Not a fan of modding ham rigs to CB either, keep 'em on the ham bands where they belong.
If you "have to have" extra power, get a good AB biased amplifier.
~Cheers~
If you want to play on CB, get a CB. Not a fan of modding ham rigs to CB either, keep 'em on the ham bands where they belong.
If you "have to have" extra power, get a good AB biased amplifier.
~Cheers~
No you're wrong that I am against CB'ers. Yes I am howerever against "Export" radios, most are crap, cost hundereds of dollars and splatter like crazy. I respect any one, CB or Ham, that run a clean setup.
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