First CB rig, when I was 15: RCA CRM-P2B-5 with a 6AQ5A "final" tube -- actually just the TX oscillator stage coupled to the antenna...
That visor is barely big enough to be an adequate ground plane for 440 MHz, or maybe 220. An ideal ground plane would extend out to one-quarter...
I just now saw your picture. Is the painted surface your bracket is attached to the aluminum, or is that a Fibreglas layer over the metal? If...
What Thrasher said. Not all trucks conform to the usual "red=hot, black=ground" convention. If your inline fuse blew immediately upon firing it...
A frequent item that gets missed is not putting the frangabulator shaft in front of the re-dibulation transfer switch. Then, if there's not enough...
Please excuse all the typos ("thumbos?") in my post. Homest, I wasn't hammered when I composed it. And obviously my proofreading self-check was...
Well, when folks are close enough together to achieve what's called "full quieting" in each others' receivers, you're right: there's no static....
Long enough to reach from your radio's coax connector, plus a foot of spare for the inevitable connector replacement, to your antenna's connector,...
There's another GMRS net, in some ways better than qrz.com (a site for hams) which is mygmrs.com There will be a couple of hoops to jump...
Try going to GMRS.net
Powder Joints is right -- you can only filter out so much hash & noise at the receiver end without taking out all of the desired stuff you wanna...
Yo, PJ -- was that Advanced Electronics that was formerly in Carson, CA (mailing address in Gardena) and presently in Redildo Beach or Manhattan...
Ummmm.......depending upon the average terrain, mountains on either side of the highway, weather conditions, conditions of the antenna(s), height...
I don't have any idea what the OP's educational background is, but several years ago my older brother applied to the FBI, The Alaska State...
Tne new Ridhanrdson Hwy was totally rebuilt about 20 years ago, with guardrails, lots of turnouts, a few truck-sized turnouts along the way and...
Kudos to Night Stalker for referencing two of the best resources available on your problem, Jersey BR. As a 60-year ham, I can attest to the...
Many thanx, Ridge.
Ah, ok, I stand corrected. I thought the only cap in that line was to ground, for harmonic suppression, and that one or two of the big-bore chokes...
My feeling is that what the DMM is showing is that the battery polarity diode is not (yet) blown into a short. The Vcc (or A+, if you wish) is fed...
