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I have an older Cobra 29 LTD. I had it "tuned" years ago, and now I have to set the dynamike down to about half way because it sounds too burbly and distorted at any higher level. I know how it sounds because I have listened to it from the receiving end. When the dynamike is set to about...
I have an Icom R-100 scanner, it receives 100 khz to 1856 Mhz. with no blocks. It is 20 years old, it works, but should I bother hooking it up again? I don't know how many signals are digital now, so I don't know if it would be worth my time/money to hook up an antenna. I know that I would...
I have a Wilson 500 cb antenna on my car and a Cobra 29 ltd radio. I had it adjusted perfectly. It dipped to almost zero movement on channel 20, and on 1 and 40 it was about 1.3. I was so proud of myself for adjusting this thing perfectly. Now I get about a 1.5 on channel 40, and it dips to...
I was wondering if turning down the squelch would affect the output of the PA speaker on a Cobra 129. The owner's manual says that cb activity will be heard on the speaker in PA mode. So if I squelch out the noise, will my voice be as loud? I know, it's a stupid question to you guys but I...
If I transmit on my cb, while on "public address" mode, should I worry about my antenna being connected? I know this sounds stupid, but can I ruin my cb radio if I yell something over the speaker, if my antenna is not hooked up? I don't know if any transmit is going into the radio. Any advice...
I have my cb radio connected to the same plug as it's amplified speaker (1-into-two cigarette plug). I know that the transmit/receive power draws are supposed to be seperate, but when I transmit: the speaker light comes on...and I can hear my voice faintly coming over the speaker. No doubt...
I was wondering if it is hard on the radio itself, being left on it's mount inside the car through winter, summer,etc. I am tired of disconnecting it and taking it inside. It's held on it's mount with just a couple of thumb-screws, but I was just wondering if it is hard on the radio to leave...
I hope that I got the letters and numbers correct. I am wondering about the performance AND weatherproof comparisons between mini-8 cable and stiff RG-8 cable. It's for a cb base station installation.
I'm installing a base cb antenna on the roof of my house, and just need enough length to...
I listened to myself talking on my Cobra 129 ltd with the stock mic. compared to the Astatic mic. I used a tape recorder, sitting next to a walkie-talkie at home while I drove around.
There is a noticeable difference. The stock Cobra mic. sounded loud and overmodulated, while the...
I am currently using a Cobra 29 ltd radio, with a good antenna. I was wondering if I should "move up" to a side-band cb radio? Will the increase in wattage and side-band increase my abilitly to talk to base stations? Forgive me if these are simple questions. I really am looking at buying a...
I see alot of talk about the Wilson 1000 antennas.
I have Wilson 500, hooked up to a Cobra 29 ltd. in a car. It does pretty good, and my swr is about 1.3 on channels 1 and 40, and dips to close to 1.1 on 19. I know that the Wilson 1000 is supposed to be awesome, but does the increase in...
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