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No - I mean I have FM radios but no I won't be using it.

Are you saying does not care - as in you have no issues? Or Are you saying the system does not care for the wattage - as in it does not like the wattage and it causes issues?

So what do you think of their recommendations? I was going to install a McKinley with a kl7505 and Wilson 5000 mag center roof. Just wondering how careful I’d need to be with 200W or if I need to keep it at 100W or their 50W max. Is it really that sensitive? No HF 100W either in new cars I...

I was just looking at the recommendation in the manual for antenna mounting on some of the new vehicles and it's interesting. Only 50W max and they tell you to mount it at the back of the vehicle for 0-30MHz. I can't imagine 50W or even 200W from an antenna on the center roof causing issues. I...

Good to hear! I believe the new fords have led headlights and some have halogen taillights. Bronco, Ranger, Maverick are the ones I was browsing.

I know I've seen some people with some noise issues with newer cars with LEDs but wondering if anyone has specifically pinpointed it in the Fords to issues with the LED headlights.

I did the mod on the lincoln 2 with removing D28 and AM and SSB audio worked perfectly fine after mod. This was on the older v3. Not sure what people are running into or if they just removed it without doing the NPC mod. Very hard to fit the parts in but I managed it. Why did I do the mod -...

Is the new antenna actually shorter than the old antenna? If it's the same length than that isn't the issue. Do you have an antenna analyzer? As Sp5it mentioned if you can't get a good SWR reading up or down from the CB band than the issue may be something else. For example - the issue with...

I started spreading the word about channel 1 as the unofficial FM channel for making contacts, DX etc. Feel free to help spread the idea and maybe we can keep things slightly organized as a CB community.

My takeaway from this video is that Fine Tine doesn't seem to think the wackpack radios are as bad as everyone says they are...and he said he's seen lots of them? I'm sorry anyone who was around during that time and active on forums saw the radios, heard the radios, and the pictures spoke for...

Yeah channel 1 might not be a bad place for it. Never used around my area either.

As a follow up - which channel would you want as the unofficial CB FM calling channel?

I think if we could determine a channel as a community similar to the way 6 is AM and 38 is LSB that would be nice. If we could get some of the blogs and shops to say "channel X is the unofficial FM calling channel" then we could create a defacto FM channel. I could promote it on my channel and...

https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/fm.262222/ Sounds like FCC has determined it wouldn't create any huge problems and they now agree with the addition. So barring unforeseen circumstances we should have FM fully approved in the US in next couple of months. I think they have one more meeting in...

Or consider a Nano VNA - cheapest solution. Not as great for mobile but nice for base when used with PC with the software.

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No problem - I kept it slightly less visible as I wasn't sure people would listen to my advice of not cranking everything :)

Don't feel like they need to approve anything, the band is the wild west as it is :) You could use FM on the CB band and no one would notice.

Also heard today the vehicle chip shortage is expected to last into next year which means used vehicle prices are likely to continue to be crazy. Sucks as I was just starting to look at replacing my 14 year old vehicle when prices went nuts. Have to keep it running for another couple of years I...

Just another FYI - I'm seeing Chinese manufacturers quoting 10-25% higher for products in the last couple of months and shipping costs have skyrocketed - containers are costing 50% more to get them across the pond. What does this mean? Inflation on consumer products is not going to slow down...