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    Motorola

    NOT me. I don't deal with companies like them. Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu and others are better for ham use and just as good for MURS/GMRS. Plus they don't have the totalitarian mentality that moto does.
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    mobile antenna for handheld scanner

    I'd go with an external. They can be had for real cheap. Here is an example on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=5867309547&rd=1&rd=1
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    i guess nobody wants to reply to the question about the m s6

    Really? I hear much traffic on 26.915 AM when skip is rolling. That whole radio is inherently against the "law" in any case. So? Country boy, I was just making an observation. It is found offensive by many folks when people type in all caps. It is considered yelling and is quite hard...
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    Magnum S9

    I'll second that. I had my heart set on an S-980 if they ever got released. I'm glad I made the choice I did. I've never owned another export, but I did look at MANY of them. The shop I bought from has S9s, S6's, S680's, and several Galaxys along with a few other brands. He pushed the...
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    SWR and mobile ground planes

    Sorry, I misunderstood. It is a mag mount in the center of a f/s pickup truck roof.
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    SWR and mobile ground planes

    That's what I'm thinkin' Me. Like I said beofre, I thought I had it pretty good before. Like ~1.2:1 with the amp off. The dual needle meter I use is kind of hard to tell the precise SWR when the power is below 4 watts. Now the reflected watts barely moves and I can tell it is right around...
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    SWR and mobile ground planes

    Well then maybe installing this thing caused me to re-tune my antenna better than it was before. I though I was quite close before, but it is better now regardless of the radial. I'm not real worried about the $24 it cost me. My SWRs are real good. I'll leave it in place. To remove it I'd...
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    Wilson 5000 question

    A 5000 (or 1000) mag mount works great on the roof of a pickup. I use one on my F350 super cab. I would not put the coil down on the bed rail.
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    is the workman hp-201s an ok meter for mobile use

    This is a hell of a deal ($30) on a Workman dual needle meter. www.palcoelectronics.com/p1003004.htm[/img]
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    SWR and mobile ground planes

    Yup. I tuned it this morning and got even lower SWRs than before. Barely 1.1:1 flat across the channels. It even lowered the SWRs with the amp on. I was 2.5:1 before and now am at about a usable 1.5:1 . I guess I technically mis-typed. it is a ground radial kit. Made by Victory, p/n...
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    ONE BAD ASS BUS!

    .....and gets sent to the scrap yard. :P
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    SWR and mobile ground planes

    I added a ground plane kit to my Wilson 5000 mag mount. Should I simply cut off approximately what the ground plane added to the length? Then use this as a baseline to re-tune? I can also deduct the measurement of the ground plane from the Wilson whip spec of 61¾". What do you all...
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    Suffolk County, LI, NY

    I will be in Suffolk county this week and was wondering of anyone knows a good radio shop I can stop in to? I'll be on the north shore in Suffolk. Thanks
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    External Speaker?

    I have several and I like my Cobra the best. I also have one from Radio Shack that is made real well and has a metal yoke. Although I don't have one the Uniden's look nice too.
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    Proggramming BC296D

    Hello all. I just got a BC296D digital scanner. I am usually very good at all this technical stuff, I can even program a VCR. What I cannot do is figure out this whole TRUNKING deal. What is up with this??? Could they make it more complicated?? :x I also have a R-S PRO-2051 (non-digital)...
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    Best antenna

    I don't know about cracking and bending. I have a 1000 on top of a work van, and a 5000 on the roof of an F350 (ie: tall). Both hit every bank drive through I go to, have been for years. Neither are bent of cracked at all.
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    pa's ?

    Do you mean a PA speaker? Almost every mobile CB has a PA function.
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    family radio license??

    I have two of these MURS radios and they are excellent! For only $66 each they are made as good as any Kenwood or Icom. They made to Mil. Spec. standards as well. Scrool down to MURS22: http://www.rkleef.com/e-pubs/forms/InformationSheetForHandhelds_5-1-06.pdf
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    Icom IC-3220H

    Hello all, I have a chance to get an Icom IC-3220H for relatively cheap. IS this a sought after radio? Will I be able to resell it easily? I get no hits doing an Ebay search so I am wary about being able to sell it there. Is this because this is a radio no one wants or because there are not...