If it were me, I would just run a New wire straight to the batterys positive terminal for my power wire, then just run a ground wire to some place...
screwdriver antennas are for tuning in different frequencies or Bands......
It use to be out near Ranger Hill (think it was Gordon)where the old truck wash was at they used to set SWR in... (always wondered how that...
CBRadio Forum is still up...Radio Tech tho I think is one that changed names to something else and may, or may not still be around...i also...
Yep...28, 6, 26.915, 19, 17...when dx is rolling, popular channels are not hard to find...right now tho, just depends on where your at, as what...
generally there's nothing to setting SWR...Just hook up a external SWR meter between the radio and antenna...then adjust the stinger up and down...
SWR 2.5 on what channel? 1 or 40?.....I doubt it's 2.5 across all the channels
I've used both...and could never tell the difference one way or another.
Clays moved from Weatherford to San Antonio....or just outside San Antonio...
No, Mike got popped by the FCC, then closed up shop, but was with Right Channels Radio for a while seems like...Off the grid for years now...
Hard to say, but I don't think it's bent, just bad picture
The reason Right Channels Radios is selling it for $60 is because of the over-sized shipping rate...If you can find them locally where you don't...
It was never really "enforced"...was just the go-to channel for 911 calls...React and Police probably quit monitoring channel 9 back in the late...
I haven't been anywhere in the last 30-40 years where there was someone or agency that was monitoring channel 9 for emergencies...That basically...
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believe it or not, Sparkys Forum is still up and running! You just need to remember your sign in name and password...Me and a couple other guys...
The General may come from the factory with the SRA 198....I know the General Lee's come from factory with a SRA 198...
Bag phone type...Get you a bag or briefcase, stick a small cb inside, something like a Uniden 520xl, and a magnetic antenna, then just pull it...
what radio are you using? some radios have better filters than others to mask over whining noise...
If it was working g before you replaced the antenna, then there's one or two possibilites wrong...one, the new antenna just needs to have SWR set...
