Recent content by MatchboxMan

Better check local laws first, you might do something like that to a local undercover and get a big surprise :shock:

I think they are a great antenna, been using one for years. I forget the exact dimentions but mine is about 134 feet long fed with 100 feet of ladder line through a tuner. Its a couple of wave lengths long on the highest freg. giving good gain. You can even feed it with 300 ohm line, eather...

"It just has to work" :) Yep, that says it all :!: Good talking with you, 73's

Good post Mr.Switch Kit. This low power, high swing is all new to me so I'm trying to get a handle on it in all honesty. I guess you could say my knowledge is "old school" and I'm trying to play catch up with the modern stuff. :D I have to say I'm impressed with the claims of the modern...

re: My questions No offense taken Switchkit, I guess as I get older I don't make myself as clear as I should. :) Let me try to explain where I'm coming from, back in the "old days" of cb we wanted our rigs to work as advertised I guess, 23 channels, 4 watts out on AM and 12 pep on sideband...

Yes, exactly, thank you. :D

You might try a Cabela's or Bass Pro catalog but to tell you the truth I was looking around for them on line and couldn't find anything for a base, I did check a Cabela's 2005 master catalog and they did not have a base listed. You might want to check a 2006 catalog but I don't think they make...

Well maybe I'm over analyzing the thing, but it seems to me that a properly designed amp for a cb rig should accept 4 to 12 watts input pwr. of course I'm going by the old days. :) But this ol' dawg can learn new tricks, which is why I ask. (hope no one minds :D )

So like I've explained in other posts I've been out of the cb loop since the early 70s. I read in here people are cutting back the power to about 1 watt on a dead key to generate more talk power in the sidebands I believe, but if you have 100% modulation before you do this won't you exceed...

O.K. thanks guys, appreciate it. :)

I'm thinking of installing my old Cobra 148 in the above truck, I'm concerned about screwing up the truck's computer which is in the cab, are my concerns valid?

For CB a penetrator and for ham & CB a double extended zepp. With a tuner you can tune any band and its somewhat directional.

Yes, thanks.

Hi, new guy here. Nice site you fellows have. :D I'm a ham but I haven't been on the air in 8 years and was into C.B. first but haven't messed with C.B. since the late 60's early 70's. My question is exactly what is meant by "talkback"? Is this another term for anti-vox? tks. I use to run...