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Handles and CB Etiquette?
- Thread starter CyberRider
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Ok, trying to wrap my head around the radio wave thing. I am in a Ham class and it is the wavelength and how it divides into 1/2, 1/4 ect. that we are going to study in more detail this next week or so. When I have got it locked into my brain I won't forget it. It is just understanding it more in depth. I have learned a bit reading on this forum.
Be fun to try , make a bracket , space them , mount it to your hitch well grounded and try it Static Mobile .
On CB frequencies, 102 (often a 6 inch spring will be added) is "about" 1/4 wl.
Also the term "co-phased" is just plain wrong, they are just "phased" as you correctly said in post # 50.
receiver hitch mounts usually have a poor ground, but, they are convenient if you need to remove the antenna.
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Yes Rs , My mistake you are correct " Phase" is the right term as much as have learned here some of the Old School phrases still pop up when I type . I stand corrected and apologize for the use of that term .But if correct that is what it was advertised as . 
Put one on the front bumper with the coax and one on the back hitch grounded with no coax or insulators as a director. This will direct the signal forward if they are the correct distance apart.
164 , buy that co-phase antenna harness truckers use and try both ? Not sure how far apart they should be , but that might be a talker !
Unfortunately, the 102's aren't user friendly to running dual antennas. Tried that and due to the lack of width of vehicle they don't tune well. Best results, not good ones, were with the adjustable balls angling the antennas away from each other. Need at least 8'-0" or more apart. With the damned things angled off the sides of my white Dodge 3500 4x4, my truck looked like a fishing trawler out in the Gulf. One is all you need, with good ground, and adequate ground plane. From here on the coast I can reach Porto Rico, Miami, NC, OK. I'm in Texas, conditions also play with the ability to make contact.
Handy,
I was a really drunk redneck at the time. Landed a nice 2 lb. catfish, after I fell off the bank, spilled my beer, and lost a flip flop.
Wow, a 2 pounder - 36 ozs' hmmm...speaking of "two pounder" I was looking thru some Flip Flops
Then I came across this...
Then I remembered something I had picked up while I used my "whip" for fishing myself - didn't catch anything had a bad day...
Because all I caught were these...
Could these be yours?
Then I came across this...
Then I remembered something I had picked up while I used my "whip" for fishing myself - didn't catch anything had a bad day...
Because all I caught were these...
Could these be yours?
Aweeee sheiiit! You'n done fount my ole' flip flops. They sho drifted purdy far.
Flip Flops ain't goin' anywhere soon, they'll be here for ya'.
J/K are kinda like a fish out of water - they Flip n' Flop though - gets kinda' messy....
You two have fun...
J/K are kinda like a fish out of water - they Flip n' Flop though - gets kinda' messy....
You two have fun...