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thanks for the input i'll give that a try. doesn't get hot untill i get bucket mouthing it. I think whut i will do istead of a resistor i will put in a potentiomitor inline istead so i can adjust it hi or lo. also with a switch for the radio is always on standy and dont nead fan on all the time.

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installing a 12 volt cooling fanon mr rm 200 linear base install. i want to wire in a thermistor and mount it to the heat sink so that it turns on and off automaticly. Question is whut should be my turn on temp?

i tried wiggling the coax conection and nothing happens we are still getting a clean signal for now so all is good for now. I am starting to thinnk it is something in the neighborhood. we live in the country though so their wouldn't be to much that would interfear with use i wouldent think...

i got back to my radio the other day finaly found some time ihooked a brand new car battery to it and their was no change so i hooked the power supplly back up to it. this was abought a weak and a half ago. Strangly abought a weak ago we turrned the radio one and there was only abought a...

Got a cheap radioshack radio in the house (mobile hooked up to a power inverter). have an solarcon a99 hooked up to it around 10 feat over the crest of the roof shingled roof not metal if it matters. swr is around 1.3 to 1 ar so depends on the day but does not move much. problem is i am getting...

no but it does make a difference when your only working with 4 legal watts and your trying to cut through the noise that is out there that couple of watts or couple tenths of a watt could mean the difference. i know there is alot more to it than that though.

i was just looking for tunning instructions i'm not familiar with the antena. i have the power loss chart from firestick already, no i'm not satisfied with1.5:1 thats why i wanted tuning instructions. but the 1.5 is better than the 5:1 match that the little will hade would only reach 1/2 mile...

thanks that was perfect answers all my questions

the stickers are half worn off i believe it says its an a99 i think

just hooked up my new to me base antena solarcon. i have upgraded from a little will. all is good the little will hade high swrs solarcon is running a 1.5:1 on the match and the base of the antenna is abought 10 feet above the roof line. question is how do i tune this antenna if it is tunable...

so the keydowns they are sitting pretty close to one another and the videogates they are a ways apart? and a key down typicaly how far away is the recieve station?

what are keydowns and radiogates and how far are they transmitting typically are they a few feat or 20 miles away or so on recieve. the videos i'v sean they are pushing over 20 db. also what is the typical wattag and how do they keap the swr down with the higher wattag with a low mobile antenna ?

i installed a sideband delay in my worldwide with a swith so it can be turned off during am operation varying the langth is done by size of cap changing the size of cap in yours might help

thanks for the input i think i can make this thing work now with the info obtained. thanks doc and cb magazine. i see it this way it has to work better than a little will sitting on top of the chimney. one last question should the radials be around the same langth as the whip?:D