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Real CB Radios are side mic
- Thread starter Slowmover
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I don’t know as this fleet runs past your area, but it’d sure be fun to meet and do whatever might be illuminating. Thanks. (Edit: I think those loads get brokered out. I’ll ask. Coordinate with you).
We might be able to come up with some good general statements about fleet-spec company trucks circa 2021. Value to others.
I’m looking to state my routes (mentioned before; a new thread I get to that point) where I can do distance checks from Interstate to interested WWDX contributor locations testing both AM & Sideband. (I get some feedback; they get some map points plotted. They carry it further with top mobile rigs in cars & pickups for comparative sake).
Gonna grit my teeth to request a run up IH-85 E of Atlanta someday, see if that .357 fella is all he’s cracked up to be (Ha!)
“Done” is more beginning, if you catch my drift.
What is Citizen Band Radio? (what is a “citizen”?)
Why do we THINK we know what is CB if we’ve never run baseline tests Mobile to Station?
What can we RELIABLY state about its use as institutional leaders have done nothing of the sort.
Get a modern side-mic radio. Erase doubts.
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Slow mover,Is there a large enough toroid available to encapsulate the 4 foot shifter extension this tractor seems to be missing? (Must be back ordered due to their popularity?)
Excellent work! An inspiration!
I am supposed to be in a new truck next week and am taking notes.
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David
Is there a large enough toroid available to encapsulate the 4 foot shifter extension this tractor seems to be missing? (Must be back ordered due to their popularity?)
Excellent work! An inspiration!
I am supposed to be in a new truck next week and am taking notes.
73
David
Brother, there are some big’uns.
Largest I have is about 3” I.D. (and a fifty dollar bill).
Most are $5-$10. $15. Snap-over or as a ring. Some are slide-on. PALOMAR ENGINEERS my main source.
Glitcha a five-gallon bucketful and pour some at the ends of every coax & power run. Mix 31, and try some Mix 61.
You’ll be glad to have made the experiments. Sometimes, . . they work!
Start a thread if you like. It’s a nice thing to have any of these ol’ bad-breath types looking over your shoulder.
Act pitiful (sorta). Maybe they’ll have forgotten you know your way around.
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And just bought 2 more radios.. I think I have a problem!
This is nice work (Eldorado828). I’d not be venturin’ his direction the mess I had before.
Mines the high roof version, so to speak. And I’ve removed the face plate plus slide-out tray to fit a real CB radio (side mic).
An open cavity is one thing. Coax stretched across the cabin and loose trim panels flopping is quite another.
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From the t680 thread:
Getting coax re-run in today’s heat on both sides was the big job. New power was a sideline.
Slack coax length moved outside of cab.
Split loom over braid/coax and 88 over everything.
40’ total of 6-AWG (BUSSMANN Termination Fuse at BATT). That length is right at the edge of the 3% Volt Drop Chart for 20A.
30A that length needs 4-AWG (have that left over from a Freightliner and then a Peterbilt install with the KL-7505). Next truck, unless I ground to windshield shelf.
Side Mic Ohio-bound tomorrow wit a little mo’ fire in da wire.
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Getting coax re-run in today’s heat on both sides was the big job. New power was a sideline.
Slack coax length moved outside of cab.
Split loom over braid/coax and 88 over everything.
40’ total of 6-AWG (BUSSMANN Termination Fuse at BATT). That length is right at the edge of the 3% Volt Drop Chart for 20A.
30A that length needs 4-AWG (have that left over from a Freightliner and then a Peterbilt install with the KL-7505). Next truck, unless I ground to windshield shelf.
Side Mic Ohio-bound tomorrow wit a little mo’ fire in da wire.
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@Slowmover - I know what you're going thru (Firewalls and Bulkheads inclusive - SIC)
Being a (Former) Company driver puts me in the doghouse - and if stuff "shows up" or "Causes Problems with our Equipment" - the person gets a bus ticket home and allowed a carry on - with a time window of 2 hours and they are gone - never to be heard from again.
I've been in terminals where the meeting lasts only 5 minutes and they are ESCORTED off the property and their stuff is packed up and shipped UPS - it's been that serious - they can find us a dime a dozen.
So when I see these success stories - I just want to remind you that when you are on I-95 heading to to Benson and you have to get onto I-40 - take in that sight - remember the moments like that. Tennessee and Blue Ridge mountains frame your next off ramp...
You are missing some of the SAME events while you park and sweat over the work you have to deal with to enjoy the radio. It's something that has to be done yes, but remember life is a Journey - you don't get too many times to stop-over and top-off - it's not the destination (end result to get the system right) - it's the people you meet and chat with along the way.
Don't miss those moments!
Why am I saying this?
People ask - "Hey can I get this xxxx Radio Hi-Fi'ed - some would bicker-about back and forth for this price for that and get this - for such talk.
But what that operator is not getting in return is a QUIET receive that has to be sought out, and once found, NAILED DOWN and preserved.
You don't need Hi-Fi mods - you just need clean quiet channel receive to listen to your work in action.
A good receiver starts with a good antenna system.
Don't worry, we're on your side!
Being a (Former) Company driver puts me in the doghouse - and if stuff "shows up" or "Causes Problems with our Equipment" - the person gets a bus ticket home and allowed a carry on - with a time window of 2 hours and they are gone - never to be heard from again.
I've been in terminals where the meeting lasts only 5 minutes and they are ESCORTED off the property and their stuff is packed up and shipped UPS - it's been that serious - they can find us a dime a dozen.
So when I see these success stories - I just want to remind you that when you are on I-95 heading to to Benson and you have to get onto I-40 - take in that sight - remember the moments like that. Tennessee and Blue Ridge mountains frame your next off ramp...
You are missing some of the SAME events while you park and sweat over the work you have to deal with to enjoy the radio. It's something that has to be done yes, but remember life is a Journey - you don't get too many times to stop-over and top-off - it's not the destination (end result to get the system right) - it's the people you meet and chat with along the way.
Don't miss those moments!
Why am I saying this?
People ask - "Hey can I get this xxxx Radio Hi-Fi'ed - some would bicker-about back and forth for this price for that and get this - for such talk.
- Ok, great another bloody mess we all will have to fight thru when traffics bad - hopefully they will a responsible one and we will have an ally instead.
But what that operator is not getting in return is a QUIET receive that has to be sought out, and once found, NAILED DOWN and preserved.
You don't need Hi-Fi mods - you just need clean quiet channel receive to listen to your work in action.
A good receiver starts with a good antenna system.
Don't worry, we're on your side!
I think the manufacturers have the RFI thing down pretty well. Amps I’ve got not the monsters some run (and not mounted anywhere near truck power). KL-7405 rated by RM ITALY at 120W with 18A working load. Might hit 200W momentarily.
Political climate makes rolling the dice worth the risk.
Drivers started getting reluctant to leave home for long last year. There’s turbulence in the water, now. We’re no longer a dime a dozen in this. (2019 isn’t coming back).
As to enjoying life a bit more . . that’s the idea here. Get better at on-air friendliness. Not the content so much as the confidence to convey (His will)..
Handy-Andy, I can tell you the journey to this point has been worth it to me. I’ve not had much interest in Amateur (meaning I’m not jumping into it straight away). Eleven Meter has plenty of appeal and maybe now I can play in the Sideband sandbox, not just on AM.
I do feel I’ve gone from having a CB radio in my big truck, . . . and matriculated to an 11-Meter Radio System.
Use is the appeal. My participation, as well as just listening along.
Sittin’ on the back bench at the General Store as folks come & go. They stop awhile to visit.
The crossroads. I’m looking forward to seeing who’s out there. Talk to some base stations, etc.
I’ve not been afraid to be gone from home, even when things got dicey (and they might get that way and worse). No guarantee you get to go home the black flag goes up.
Whether Radio is an aid at that point I can’t say. But the effort in case it might has pushed me since 2018 (not 2020). Who we are will matter more than what we do . . . that’s the thing. CITIZEN BAND has its role to play in that.
It’s good to be at this point. You’re right about lean back & enjoy it. The 3-filter solution IS that quiet I’d been looking for (and spoofing in this thread that it’s because I got a side mic radio). Just as big a positive change for BETTER as when I gambled on DSP. (The Internet opened a window to how Amateur was treating noise problems. In turn, that’s how I got here after Applegate laid out the road map I needed).
— Pulled the heads on the 440, did a valve job and re-ringed it. Slipped in some main & rod bearings. New timing chain. Rebuilt the carb and set a new plot for mechanical plus vacuum timing to suit an older V8. Fluids, filters, hoses, belts, shocks, tires & brakes. Got the New Yorker ready for The Big Road.
Sound familiar?
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The other moments? When the heat goes away. (Like winter up north. Need a basement hobby). Here’s mine
Radio is a daily touchstone in an all-consuming job. Now greatly improved.
Can hear, and get heard.
Got radio on 12th, will finish physical install today, the 21st. Three (multi-hour) rounds of work in that frame. Two that preceded it. 12-hours? Probably.
Fall and earliest winter are the best times here in Texas. Son will have finished much of his latest training, and daughter-in-law better adjusted to being a new mother. An old friend lives nearby . . these gatherings will come about (and I won’t be the new guy at a new job description shortly).
The other two radio projects of truck & trailer aren’t needed the same way. Got my sons install done early summer and now the work truck has its inventory list complete near late summer.
The pleasure is earned.
Side Mic Magic
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Radio is a daily touchstone in an all-consuming job. Now greatly improved.
Can hear, and get heard.
Got radio on 12th, will finish physical install today, the 21st. Three (multi-hour) rounds of work in that frame. Two that preceded it. 12-hours? Probably.
Fall and earliest winter are the best times here in Texas. Son will have finished much of his latest training, and daughter-in-law better adjusted to being a new mother. An old friend lives nearby . . these gatherings will come about (and I won’t be the new guy at a new job description shortly).
The other two radio projects of truck & trailer aren’t needed the same way. Got my sons install done early summer and now the work truck has its inventory list complete near late summer.
The pleasure is earned.
Side Mic Magic
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Yes, Yes it does!
Wish for the older days when I Didn't have to spend so much time out here terrorizing the rest of ya'!
But all kidding aside, the "Law of diminishing Returns" has not affected you yet.
Interesting to hear about the post-'19 effort. Can explain the "armchair" heroes (aka drunkards) still awaiting the time to move, or get buried - sounds horrible but many are bitter due to that shutdown no one wanted.
Lost a lot of politeness along that route - makes for a messy Rabbit Holes' - Hole...
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Just a reminder to keep it in perspective - don't want to hear "Three Wooden Crosses" as they lay another into the ground because they got rode-on by a dispatcher that got too tired to care.
Law of DR.
Don’t believe I’ve stated or implied I want to mess with truck system more than I have to date. Swapping gear in/out is now easy (APP done today). Am not expecting a change will benefit me very much, except . . . “hey, Tefzel, over here”. (Ha!)
Still have pickup to do.
Still have trailer to do.
Those are better candidates for the last 9%.
So, no, I’m just planning to be one of Jay in the Mojave’s old men starting the YOU ARE OFF FREQUENCY Tail Chase.
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Don’t believe I’ve stated or implied I want to mess with truck system more than I have to date. Swapping gear in/out is now easy (APP done today). Am not expecting a change will benefit me very much, except . . . “hey, Tefzel, over here”. (Ha!)
Still have pickup to do.
Still have trailer to do.
Those are better candidates for the last 9%.
So, no, I’m just planning to be one of Jay in the Mojave’s old men starting the YOU ARE OFF FREQUENCY Tail Chase.
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