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Recent content by turborich

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    What is this mod? Stryker 955

    BBI "Luke" is legit. Have you ever met him or just blindly following the other haters?
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    What is this mod? Stryker 955

    You guys sure do talk a bunch of smack. D-Rail builds some of the best radios out there! Super loud and proud unlike some of you stuffy old ham guys who REFUSE to accept anything out of your comfort zone. You can bash this radio all you want, however it will out talk anything you have...
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    New Penetrator spt-500

    Have a few questions about the new Penetrator spt-500. When I say new, I'm talking about the newest version with the new style of matching network. It's no longer the traditional wire with the two humps. It's now shorter and made of a flat piece of cut out aluminum. Anyways, I've been using a...
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    Amp recommendations/ box builders

    I'm guessing that the people bashing Luke have never met the man. He is one the nicest most respectful people I've ever met. He is a master at what he does and isn't afraid to give credit to who taught him what he's learned over the years. I've never understood why some people have to hate on...
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    Mobile Antenna SWR issues with different lengths antennas

    Alrighty, so I picked up a used MFJ 259b for a good deal and went checking my other 2 mobiles and my base. I know for a fact when I installed the Wilson 1000 through roof antenna that my SWR read 1.1 on my SWR meter. I had no reason to suspect that anything had changed. After hooking up the MFJ...
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    Antenna location

    Top middle is always the best with lowest SWR's.
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    Uniden 980 and RM KL203

    I'm using the 980 and a KL-203. A 1 watt dead key keeps the amp nice and cool and if you turn the modulation up to 100% it will sound great. I have no problem seeing 150 watts pep and get great reports from miles away. A 4 watt dead key will burn the KL-203 up with a quickness. Doesn't matter...
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    Astatic D104M6B

    All of the new Astatic microphones are complete junk. They are not the same as the old ones, not the same company, just the name only. The switch will fail and always make a terrible scratchy noise. I'd say to buy an RF limited xtreme 2018 microphone, however they are not being made any longer...
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    Mobile Antenna SWR issues with different lengths antennas

    So one more thing to mention. I had that spring on there which measures 3" and I also had an antenna quick disconnect as well which measured 2.5". So 5.5 inches total of extra length. I sure do like the quick disconnect, the SWR's are livable with the quick disconnect, but even lower and nearly...
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    Mobile Antenna SWR issues with different lengths antennas

    Thank you for your suggestions and advice. I do appreciate it! It's working great now without the spring.
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    Mobile Antenna SWR issues with different lengths antennas

    Thanks for your suggestions. I removed the spring and my SWR'S dropped to the 1.1 range. It's difficult for me to understand how the spring didn't effect the 4 foot antenna, but threw the 6 foot antenna way off? It definitely is well within specs now!
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    Mobile Antenna SWR issues with different lengths antennas

    The amp was never inline, I mentioned that in my original post. A KL-203 will do 150+ watts pep all day long.
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    Mobile Antenna SWR issues with different lengths antennas

    Hello folks, I've been into CB radio for years, I have a base and 3 mobile set ups. On two of the mobile rigs I have roof mounted antennas and don't have any issues. So here's the issue. I have an old jeep wrangler yj. I installed a Uniden 980 USB along with a little RM Italy KL 203 amp...
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    Donkey Stomper

    All I can say is look at BBI's build quality and attention to detail and then look at the other builds. There is no comparison. The man takes pride in each of his builds. I've seen other builders workmanship and it's night and day. Take a look inside a donkey stomper, sloppy.
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    Donkey Stomper

    I agree, pretty much all the same design with the individuals own twist for the most part. However some builders are better than others when it comes to input and output tuning, using appropriate sized wiring, higher quality components, cleaner solder work, etc. From what I've seen, I would rank...