Ok from a true technical stand point. Copper does radiate better than most materials. Now if his design is sound and the coil is proper length and...
Then he needs to have it looked at. I put over a million on a Detroit 430-470 that turned 2100 and with a 13 over and 3.73 rears i got around 6.0...
Ok to start with there are only 40 channels not 120. The 40 channels have 3 operating modes AM/USB/LSB the same exact freq just different modes of...
Some one did that a few years back like 15 now i guess to the east bound scales on I 10 in New Mexico just flat drove right thru the building it...
Lots of questions to follow your questions. 1. Tune receiver are you going to use a signal generator? 2. Tuning transmit are you going to use a...
The problem you are describing is called front end overload. On the more sensitive radios like what you call the big radios I assume your talking...
Actually its not the power they run so much as the lack of filtering and the over modulated radios they run that causes the problems. I have set...
There is your answer if your SWR is the same and high on all channels the problem is in your Coax system. You did the right thing with checking...
Like most have said stay away from the roger beep for sure and the echo and reverb. A good 29 or 25 cobra are excellent radios and will last for...
You said the copper braid is roughed up? is it still intact all the way around the inner dielectric. The braid serves 2 purposes one it is the...
There is no code requirement at all any more all the way to extra and only 3 class's left tech,general,extra and none require code. So now is the...
Ok i read most of this thread and have to say every one missed the boat on this one. Drivers you are your own representative. You have to do your...
Like the other poster said its really like a 9 inch ford and you don't even have to pull the wheels just slide the axles out and swap away. The...
Well you bought into some ones line if you think they were getting 100+ in 2003 over here i was one of the first ones across the boarder in a...
It is something you can replace your self if you are familiar with a soldering iron and electronic circuits. It is not a 12 volt more than likely...
IT was probably the driver that was OD not the load :biggrin_25513:
I know the feeling well i got out in 91 after 14 years of running back and forth across the pond and it is like driving it gets in your blood.
Well the money is good but the conditions are rough and you earn every penny of it. It has gotten better to some degree but its still tough but...
Well right now i am doing something else but i drove for 2.5 years over here and still have allot of friends doing it.
Ok i looked around and no one has posted anything about a couple of companies I am looking at when i get back to the states. Let me say i am...