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Recent content by Global Mobile 357

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    Looking for a 90 amp or 100 amp DC power cable, anyone know who sells them?

    I've bought all of my large cable from a welding supply store. I run 2/0 in the mobile.
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    7 ft firestick 5/8 wave?

    Thanks 22 I had a great time DXing today good South Pacific action late this afternoon. Also a contact from South America I've heard good things about Sirio antennas. I may try it when my Wilson fails. Today was the second day out for the fire stick and it seems to work well. I was able to...
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    7 ft firestick 5/8 wave?

    Thanks DB thanks DB antenna seems to work very well and DBeven better than my Wilson baseload antenna. Next time I will try it again see 102 inch whip
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    7 ft firestick 5/8 wave?

    Thank you very much sir we are using it right now since the DX door is open . looks kind of funny on top of the SUV but it's working
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    7 ft firestick 5/8 wave?

    I noticed on the fire stick website it shows the 7 foot fire stick as a 5/8 wave. Is this true? Is there enough wire to be a 5/8 wave ?
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    Record and Play back AKA Watergate.

    I use my iPhone to record water gates . If you have an iPhone all you need to do is get a headphone to XLR mic cable and a 3.5 mm to XLR cable. It works perfect...
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    7 ft fire stick wire

    Another question why would each one of these antennas show a different power output on my meter ? Wilson 5000 5w Firestick 15w 102whip 9w Could the base load design of the Wilson be believe that Lossy? Another quick question why would each one of these antennas show a different output on...
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    7 ft fire stick wire

    Thanks for the reply. The is swr for the fire stick is good. Channel 1 1:1 Channel 40 flat. 102 w/spring Channel 1 1.8 Channel 40 1.6 Wilson 5000 base load Channel 1 1:2 Channel 40 1:1 I guess I need to do more field test And less drilling holes.
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    7 ft fire stick wire

    How long is the wire in the 7ft Fire stick? It's a 1/4 wave so around 108 inches? If this is true then my 2 inch mount would make it 110? If I knew the exact length of the wire should I trim it to 106 inches?
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    Best shortest mobile CB antenna??

    (Quote) A full 1/4 wave whip isn't perfect but it does have better radiation efficiency over coil loaded antennas since it uses no loading coils That's a fact most everyone here knows. However there is a current loss at the feed-point being near 37 ohms instead of a perfect 52 ohms, so that's...