Recent content by BC Coyote

Antennas do work a LOT better if they are above 36 foot to the base, as that is a wavelength at 11 meters......... The taller and uglier the antenna is, the better it works, generally speaking !

The QRM and splatter on 16 are usually worse than 38 these days. With the drop in conditions most (but not all) of the idiots on 38 seem to have disappeared. And very very very few people only have 23 channel units. Like maybe 1 or 2% of CB'ers. After all, we went to 40 channels way back in...

Yup. It's a Ranger product. Seriously though, it sounds like it could be a power issue of some kind that is causing the radios CPU (or at least the front panel controller) to reset when you key up. Check you have enough voltage/amperage getting to the radio. Is there a big voltage drop when...

Then why did you bring up the subject in the first place? Seeing as it didn't need to be said and all...... :rolleyes:

From here, It's been a pipeline to South Texas for the last few days. I think I've talked to every station in Corpus Christi now. 1409 out of Dallas has been in on channel 38 every day as well as other Dallas & Fort Worth area stations. Talked to 909 Tony on a couple different frequencies...

DX is booming up here today ! Best conditions in quite a while....... So much for all the predictions of geomagnetic storms and radio blackouts !

These days "Made in America" really means "Assembled in America from Chinese parts". Not just for radios, but for almost all consumer goods. The problem is, say for example an American company wanted to build an American CB radio from American parts. They would quickly run into a big...

Very common problem with Ranger products. Remember, Galaxy and Connex are just Ranger radios wearing different clothes...... Try tapping the circuit board with something non-conductive and see if you can find a spot where the audio cuts in and out. That will give you an idea where to start...

When you say it's transmitting good, do you mean it is transmitting with audio still? Or is it just transmitting a dead carrier ? Does it have a mic like a Cobra radio where there is no receive audio when the mic isn't plugged in ? If so it could be a mic wiring problem.....

local electrical noise & other local types of RFI can almost always be dealt with by using an MFJ-1026, or similar phase-cancelling device. Pretty much impossible to reduce lightning or atmospheric noise though.......... I have the MFJ unit and it will easily take 9 S units of power line...

No. Band pass filter is for stopping harmonics above a certain frequency from being radiated by the antenna system. Or for only letting a certain range of frequencies be received and/or transmitted. Lightning crashes are very very very wideband, covering from longwave way up into VHF, so...

Yup. It will be another mediocre radio using the name of a classic. Yawn........ I predict anemic, FCC approved power output, 40 channels, and an outrageous price point. Maybe they'll throw in a failing display like the 980 for good measure.

She's not quite dead yet folks ! Just made two contacts in Utah with decent signal strength, and I'm hearing some Colorado and California in there at weak levels as well.... So some conditions are still out there !

I've noticed that when dealing with skip that stations fade on horizontal as they get louder on vertical, and vice versa....... which seems to indicate that signals become more circular in polarization as they travel from transmitter to receiver.

The Q6 encoder needs to be upgraded. My Q5N2 encoder skips channels as well (though not as much as the Q6's). Would also be great if they could improve the receive audio on sideband. And please please please can they add a 5 KHz step like the Q5N2 has ???? Such a royal pain getting to the...