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    RIP 4040

    Ya I know this is an old thread. Just thought about 4040 and wanted to jump in for those that didn't know him personally. I came across 4040 like most others, over the air. He was on all day long. He ran a batch plant and had his set up in his office. Right next to the SF Bay. We got...
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    Sirio Preformer 5000 Magnet Mount Antenna

    A driver isn't going to help other than to create more signal on adjacent frequencies. Not true...a driver will just increase unwanted power on adjacent channels. Bleed over in simple terms. You want the power to be on channel. I run my 4 pill minus the driver that it came with. More...
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    SWR Readings are bugging me

    Yikes sorry to hear.
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    Cleaning aluminum antennas

    While using the aluminum brightener it is best to start low and work up.. In other words if starting high the drips/runoff can stain the untouched metal if the cleaner is too strong. In concentrated form it will turn aluminum milky white. Do a little test area first. You can dilute it with...
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    Antenna placement

    The fun is in the search..
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    Antenna placement

    The shorter bottom shaft does not tune as well. I tried it. Got get the coil higher for less reflect. I was the first to ask kale for a longer bottom shaft. He made me a 21 in. later he started offering the 22 in. as an option.
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    Antenna placement

    The Wilson bottom load just will not tune well in the center too much reflect (X). The Predator likes the center though but then I have a 22in. bottom shaft. I have the 4 pill so I want the best tune location. Funny though cause I ran a Wilson 1000 mag mount on a Honda 1500s Civic at center...
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    Antenna placement

    No I am not Crunch but we do talk. No SSB any more so strictly am. So this would be the Wilson mounted at the very rear of the SUV roof line. Wavey whip and all.
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    Antenna placement

    Ok here is my dilemma. With the Wilson 5000 mag mount antenna I was able to get the holy grail 100% match with 1.0 swr and a reflect coefficient of over off .00. The MFJ259B even went past the -48db reading and gave me what looked like the sign of infinity. First time I have ever seen this...
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    Antenna placement

    The Wilson tunes real nice at the rear of the roof. Just odd looking, while I am so used to center of the roof. My reflection coefficient is .o1 flashing .02. This I like but the directional RF I will have to see how it goes. If I start to make turns and lose stations I may have to go back to...
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    Antenna placement

    Thanks I have been over that site before. I just get dumbfounded with all the terminology. You know that in 40 yrs of running a CB I have never performed extra grounding. I have discovered though that with a coil antenna on the roof it is best to get the load up at least a couple of feet...
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    Antenna placement

    The X would not get to zero running through the band 26-28 mhz. Ya I am sure I know nothing or very little indeed. I read the handbook and my mind just swims in place. I should get a antenna signal strength meter just for fun. I am concerned with getting the lowest reflection due to running...
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    Antenna placement

    So do I go with a very low SWR under 1:1:1 with the 5000 mag mount at the rear of the 4 Runner (about 4 inches from the tailgate top) or mount it center and have a 1:4:1 swr. RUNNING A 4 PILL AMP. I came from a Predator 10K with a 22 in. bottom shaft so the reflection was not a problem with...
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    Where is your 'Sweet Spot'

    If I want to make some serious DX I'll go to the SF Bay by the salt ponds. But lately I haven't had the inclination. I'll leave that to 4040.
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    Is X Force using magic pills?

    It will do the watts...the question is though on how many channels at once! Remember the wattmeter measures watts it doesn't care where they are going. Only true way is to us a spectral analysis scope. This will show the wattage as well as the frequency the said watts on on. I have...
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    Another "Any Info On This Amp?" Thread

    60 watt transistors, MRF455.
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    Wilson antenna advice

    Most of this discussion is above my pay grade. I was always concerned with low standing wave while I was running the amp. Whichever antenna I ran be it the Wilson bottom load of the 10K I always got satisfactory results with communication. For me the thing that I could test with the 259B was...
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    Custom coax

    Thanks I'll give them a call.
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    Wilson antenna advice

    Depends on the installation circumstances. In general though the higher the coil the better. Actually I like the big coil antennas for bandwidth. Been awhile but I think back 20 years ago I found that the Predator 10K gave me another 20 channels at each end over the Wilson 1000. Meaning I...
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    carrier or modulation

    So here is how I do it. 4 2sc2879 pills being driven by a Stryker 440 HP radio. I know the rat shack meter reads about 500 watts so I adjust the power on the radio till the meter reads close to 125 watts dk. with the amp in line. Then I take the amp off line and check the dk power output of...