Recent content by Twinkie

Thank you, I have read a few posts about the work you do and it sounds like you are very good at it. I took a computer tech. class in high school and we worked with some circut boards during the 2nd semester, it was then that I found electronics where not for me. I'm sure radios are much simpler...

So I clearly dont know how to edit a quote lol but the Cobra 2000GTL is a really good looking radio IMO.

I'm always a fan of spending more up front to save more later, and top performance is always a top consern of mine, thank you for the recomendations. I can't wait to get up and running! Even with the primary function of my stations being comunications between my house and being in the fields...

I had good luck with my tower search this weekend. I found a 30' rohn tower new in box at a panw shop for $75. I plan on putting it up next weekend if the weather holds out and a maco v58 will be ordered on thursday to top it off. I however am not sure what type of coax to run with it, I've seen...

Good deal! I'll investigate the Sirio some before I pull the trigger but if a 5/8 is that much better than a 1/2 I'll be going with a 5/8.

To get up in the air could I use an old TV antenna tower? There are plenty of these in the 30'-40' range in my area atached to houses and do to the condition of the antennas on some of them I'm sure not all are being used and could be bought for cheap. If that will work for a tower should I top...

18miles is the far end of what I would need to transmit and that would only take place once maybe twice a week. Most coms. will be between 12-14miles, so 18 isn't so much a need as much as it would be nice. (I should of said that in my first post.) As far as equipment cost I'm looking for the...

Hello all, I am new to CB use and am looking for some guidance on setting up a Base<->Mobile system. The greatest distance I am looking to cover would be 18miles over flat ground (+/-25' over entire range) with verry few obstructions in between (mostly corn fields, a few houses, a single tree...