My very first HF contact was to Japan from Chicagoland when I became a ham and I used a RCI 2950DX I have since used the 2970 as well, you will...
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Can you take a picture so we can see how the load looks near the roofline? Can you measure the distance from the cab to the center of the shaft?...
Well, I recently talked to The Kingdom of Tonga, near Australia, from my house in Chicago using only 5 watts, so power is all relative....
To late now, I would have had them replace the coax end and antenna only and tried that before letting them get in the radio and "replace parts"...
I am not a fan of peak and tunes that remove or modify components. I do believe some CB radios are not at optimum performance from the factory....
The IMAX 2000 is a 5/8 wave antenna. Here is my take on this antenna, remember this is MY personal experience. I have replaced 3 of the IMAX...
With the ANT99 antenna you do not need to add any wire for a ground plane. Just mount it, check the SWR and go. I have installed several ANT99...
You should be able to receive with one while talking on the other. According to the specifications that radio should draw about 10 amps at 65...
If you enter the CB frequencies you will hear them CB Channel Frequency Typical Use (US) Channel 1 26.965 MHz Channel 2 26.975 MHz Channel 3...
If you do have the stock mount up high on the body side, move your antenna up there and coax and just check the swr. OH, and Just for fun
The bar is also there for slip seaters that use the vise grip antenna mounts. I have several friends working for Yellow, and UPS and their...
Well the 2012 uses the mounts on the body on the side of the sleeper area. Did your truck have or does it have those mounts? The body in that area...
more than just CB. you can join and tune other peoples receiver world wide http://www.globaltuners.com/
That is an option as well, just make sure you understand killroy. You cannot just unhook one antenna and leave the other hooked if it has a...
Poorboy, Do you own the truck or will the company allow you to put in an amp like those? Those suckers draw a lot of amperage and it may be...
I myself would be more interested in the Ranger RCI-2970N2 100 watts AM, 200 watts SSB http://www.rangerusa.com/rci-2970n2.html
A few questions, Are you using a co-phase harness between the two antennas? Can you give a SWR at channel 1 Channel 19 and channel 40?...
is this the same mount?
http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/Mnt-Grnd.htm
