Recent content by onefastneonrt

Well F-it I give up, both radio and amp are a P.O.S. Both are for sale: Cobra 19DX IV (brand new), 100HL Amp (120w) $300 LOL :-) How's that for a solution.

-The radio dead keys about 4 watts and swings to 8 with modulation bone stock, which is too much to drive the amp with. Your right I will not get any swing and as I am right now very pinched up on the modulation. I am trying to bring DOWN the overall wattage of the radio. The other radio that I...

Well it did exactly what Cheech said, as I expected. With the radio untouched and the amp on I was pinched up. On low I was pinched and putting out 83 watts with absolutely no swing. On high I was pinched even worst and putting out 122 watts with no swing. I turned the amp off and ran bare radio...

I see - On this particular amp I am beginning to think that hi/low switch is more like an am/ssb switch. I no nothing of this amp and I am learning new stuff as I go and from every one on here. I am not trying to argue with you freecell but I know for sure that on a 4-watt drive on the low...

Well thank you every one for your help and insight. I did some reviewing on CB Tricks and I think I found my solution. On CB Tricks web site they have all schematics and service manual for the 19DX IV. Looking through the service manual I discovered on page 11 and page 15 #2 that in order to...

I have seen that link but still scratching my head. See I am using that radio because it's the only radio that will fit in my little Dodge Neon and I really don't need all the bells and whistles. The amp is called a 100HL that's it. A buddy of mine named, Cheech on here, had made a post...

O.K. I have just received a brand new Cobra 19DX IV and was wondering how you can turn down the power output. I will be using the radio to drive an amp and need no more than 2 watts to feed into it. I have searched the web up and down and found no info. other than schematics on C.B. Tricks. Is...

This is so stupid! Any thing transmitted over the airwaves is a listening free for all. If you do not want your conversation heard over the airwaves then scramble or encode the frequency. This is why we pay for cell phones - privacy. The only reason those states are doing what they are doing is...

Thanks for the tips there W5LZ. I knew that the air band was AM but was not sure if there were anything special about antenna design. I am currently running a discone at 15Ft., which seems to work fine but I have difficulty hearing the air traffic control center. I am about 30 miles away the...

Just a quick question - What is the best antenna (beam or omni) for the vhf (108-136mhz) aviation band, and should it be vertical or horizontal. Thanks

Yep and you have hit the nail right on the head. You, like many other Americans continue to go with the flow and don't give two shats about what’s really going on with this country. We all worry about getting up and going to work and paying the bills, going on like nothing's wrong; it's what we...

Crack heads; yes I agree but you guys have to remember that are economy is for shit. The scrap industry is flourishing with material because of high pricing of over sea's exchange. I use to work at a scrap yard in Cleveland Ohio and just about 80% of are material went to china. The reason being...

O.K. better not try then. This particular meter uses a toroid transformer to obtain its readings. Now I have been told that you could use that particular setup on the vhf band with minimal disruption, of course using a low power rating. I don't; know better not to try then try and be without a...

O.k. I have a stupid little question here maybe some one can help me on. I have got an old SCP SC-2000w swr/watt meter hooked up to my Magnum S-45. My question is "can I use that meter to roughly check the swr on the 2 meter band". Thanks

First of all has any one built a coax collinear antenna for 2meter or 70cm. If so where exactly do you attach the tubing at on that antenna, does it attach to the feed line shielding or the elements shielding. Also does the feed line center conductor connect to the antennas center conductor.