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as a side note , i had a rubber grommet in a tool box , that was just about the size of the hole i drilled , i went up there and it fit great so i also had a ruber gromit protecting the coax where it leaves the tube ..:thumbup1:

ok today i went up on the roof and drilled a hole at the middle of the tube on the mass and fed the wire threw it and made sure there is no way for it to start touching or rubbing . i also cut 15 feet off the cable . and soldered both ends od the coax . i seams to do like it should on the...

illl try that , yea nothing i saw had a purple wire ,, that's why i asked here . :bored:

i have looked and looked for this answer on the net ,,, haven't found it yet , figured id ask here .. i have a cobra mic that was given to me ,, its alot thinner then the antistatic i have , but anyways the only thing it says on the back of the mic is dynamic microphone 1mp...

hay guys , thanks for the reply's i was worried that i might have came across as getting smart or something , but that wasn't it at all , im just trying to learn . about the radio , the swr knob does in fact adjust the needle when in the cal mode . and before it would go to the cal mark .. i...

im ot being a smart arse here at all, but why would you need to solder it ,if it says solderless ?? and you say you cant depend on it makeing a good contact , i slid the center of the coax all the way threw the tip of the connector and the cut it just above the tip then folded it over...

Marconi,,,, you asked this .... I can't see the details of the mast/tri-pod connection. Does the mast pipe attach to another pipe, side by side in the tri-pod somehow? in other words does the longer mast pipe inside the antenna hub of the SD'r have an open bottom end? i dident see where you...

yea it is inside the other pipe , i will get up there tomorrow and make sure there is no pinching or nothing got chafed , also i got another cobra 29 ltd classic , hooked it up and the meeter seams to be working fine , with this radio . but what is weird is that it seams to work about the same...

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trying again

ok maybe that dident work ,

what you are looking at is a satellite mount for the roof that i took the satellite dish off , and slid my 10 foot mass into it ,, i the drilld holes threw both pipes and put a bolt threw , from the way it sits in there it doesnt move ,, i plan on putting the antenna up on the peak you see to...

moleculo ,, my back yard is a big field ,, with the interstate behind the field , so im like 200 feet from the interstate , sevral houses around but back yard is wide open ... also im in Virginia , and where im at there isnt any tall buildings .. i just took some pictures , i hae to add...

ok ill answer the questions the best i can in the Oder they where asked.. Sickpuppy22 ,, thanks for the reply and the help, yea i have been trying to set it to cal , but it wont go all the way over to the cal mark ... it stops calf way in the red , then when switched to swr its at like...

ok i beleave im doing this correctly but not 100% sure , so imma describe what i am doing ok i am using a radio shack field strength / swr tester ( little black box ) in between the antenna and the radio , turn radio on and put the switch on the swr meter to calibration . with the...

hello all , thanks for takeing time to read this . im very very new to cb's , like as in a week into learning .. the 29ltd classic ( Mobil unit) i have has had a ecko board and it has been peeked and tuned .. i will be getting a swing kit installed , the guy says he can get 35-40 watts out...