Actually, ALL antennae are a compromise, of one sort, or another. A well designed fiberglass antenna, will be less noisy, than an all metal...
I said AB2, and should have said AB. I am a bit mired in my old boatanchor, vacuum tube, radios!
They WOULD be, if a CB had 55 channels. Those frequencies would equate to channels 51 (27.515) and 55 (27.555), if there were that many channels....
Sorry to say, but you don't. There's a reason why people get tune-ups, and add amplifiers, to radios. 4 watts, on 11 meters, is a piss-poor way to...
Alright, I've been retired now, for more than a year, and haven't checked in here, for several years. Look, folks, y'all can do as you please,...
Don, I am NOT an actual beta tester, and I PURCHASED my device, for full price, so I think I speak with a little less prejudice. After several...
Mark, Thanks for all the help. I have been quite frustrated with the problems, and I can honestly say Rand McNally (including you) is bending over...
It won't let me post a link here, but, if you refer to the support section of the IcomAmerica website, in the download database, you will see the...
No, 5 watts will not hurt you. 100 is not too likely to do much damage, even over an extended period of time. But the days of guys running 100...
First of all, if you are running any of the typical CB linear amplifiers, you ARE splattering, even if your radio is clean as Skeeter's you know...
I currently run an Icom IC 7000, with a Hi Q 5/160 HF motorized antenna. If I knew then, what I know now, I would have gotten the Hi Q 5/80, as...
There is not a self respecting Ham out there who would EVER run a Galaxy, Connex, Texas Star, or any of those other CB's that are made as 10 meter...
To answer you, YES, I am a ham, and I ran a TS 570d in most of the Schneider trucks I drove, for the 8-9 years I was there. That said, be very...
I did browse thru it, and saw an omission that I imagine most CB'ers don't know about, and most knowledgeable hams, might not, either. I am...
You'll likely become more interested in an FT 857, an IC 706MkIIG, an IC 7000, a TS 480HX, or a TS 480SAT. Or, even any of the plethora of older...
There is an RF sensing circuit in the power amplifier, which senses RF being transmitted into it. IT, in turn sends voltage to a relay, which...
Mark, I got a call from Tony at Rand today, and we are trying a fix, but I need to get somewhere when I am still, and have some time to fuss. I do...
I bought mine and had the problems getting it to me, as posted previously. All that aside, I went to run the update, and it will not do so running...
Mark- According to the retailer's site, AND Rand McNally's, it was to ship, on, or about, Sept. 17. I rechecked both the RM and the retailer's...
W3RXO here. Just wanting to get to know some other trucking hams, and find out where you hang out on the bands? Personally, I run APRS and D-Star...
