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Why can I hear broadcasts from my yard half a mile away but not when I'm in the yard?

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Driver0000, Jul 28, 2017.

  1. Jul 28, 2017 #1
    Driver0000

    Driver0000 Medium Load Member

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    when I'm being unloaded, I can't make out what the crane operator is saying to me. But when I'm pulling out the gate, 1/2 mile away, he's crystal clear. What am I doing wrong? Stock cobra... low end model with a big antenna
     
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  3. Jul 28, 2017 #2
    weasel

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    You say low end...talking a cobra 19 or similar?
     
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  4. Jul 29, 2017 #3
    Driver0000

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    I guess. It was $50
     
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  5. Jul 29, 2017 #4
    CW Spook

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    Turn the RF gain down when you're in the yard.
     
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  6. Jul 29, 2017 #6
    Driver0000

    Driver0000 Medium Load Member

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    Thanks.
     
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  7. Jul 29, 2017 #6
    weasel

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    Yeah it looks like the dx19...I have a dx ultra III, not a bad little radio at all..just make sure to stick with the stock mic. They do ok for what they are , at least mine does.
     
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  8. Jul 29, 2017 #7
    lilillill

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    Mine would get overloaded and sometimes even spontaneously change the channel when someone with a splatterbox piece of #### was close by. Cut the RF gain all the way back when you're in the yard.
     
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  9. Aug 2, 2017 #8
    craig_sez

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    You would be surprized how happy some guys fet when you tellem their radio splatters...They assume its cause of all dat powa!!
    They dont realize its "wasted off freq powa"
     
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