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I did consider 4-6 turns on 2 large toroids, but all of that wouldn't fit under my headliner. Instead, i did the best I could with the info I could find and substituted lmr400 for the rg213 on the G3TXQ chart. I plan to minimize ground losses as much as possible, and hope to reduce the cmc to...

You don't believe the 10 mix 31 beads I have installed are enough, and think the amp is probably clean? I'll have to research the effects of added power with cmc. I don't recall it causing higher swr, but it's been a long time since I haven't wrapped small coax through a few torroids. I...

I'm not really certain what you are trying to say. At least the the warning served its intended purpose.

Can you imagine how many returns they'd get if they set it at 1.5? A 3.0 isn't going to hurt anything.

Edit; I can't believe I asked a question this stupid. I guess I have been using ham gear so long I completely forgot everything I learned about CB. I only have my hood bonded right now, and my swr always goes up .2 at full output. 100 watts radio only 1.1, radio only driving a few watts with...

I said "antenna system" but this isn't really the place to argue about it. I'll leave you to it.

So the SWR dip of a properly designed antenna system indicates resonance. Oh wait, you just had an urge to be negative. Carry on...

I work a quarter mile from that truck stop, and that whole town got destroyed. There were six storm chasers setup with big dishes across the street... that is a sure sign to go home early!

Ok, that wasn't great wording. It's not worth buying a new truck, therefore I'll keep my old one. Selling an old beater for 10 or $15k, then buying a new one for $80k? Nope. I'm not doing it.

I was planning to try a coil shunt, but I'm not even certain I'm going to do the 1/4 wave whip now. I should be able to easily swing 1300 watts, but I still need those big stations to help me on the rx. Do I really want to mess with a flimsy whip flexing all over the place and mess with my...

You aren't the only one. My 2005 ram diesel has 377k on it and it isn't even worth selling. I'm planning to drive it until it falls apart 20 more times

The noise was the florescent garage light. Near zero noise to S9 with the flip of a switch. That was easy to find lol

20 miles might not be terrible depending on the terrain. What are you looking to achieve with higher power? Are you hearing people who can't hear you? Welcome to the forum!

This is a 2005 dodge ram diesel, and it's not too bad. I had an s9 floor parked next to my wife's Subaru, and after she left it was s1. I gotta double check the cause, but I thought that was odd.

I'm planning on running a straight whip, so I'm expecting to do some matching. Planning on bonding everything. I've never done more than the good and bad in the past.

That is a pretty good explanation. I hope it helps someone understand that their "flat match" (I hate that term lol) is actually a bad thing. While my mount was out I drilled and tapped it in case I did something right and needed a shunt. (It was starting to rain so I just stuck a no-oxed...

The plate is just to reinforce the roof... stole that from BBI, along with the butyl. I tried my best to take the best of the cb world along with the ham stuff. I've never heard of choking coax on a 1kW+ cb install, and k0bg's star washers are a proven joke. I was swinging 1kW+ tonight...

If you want to get a station setup, I'll send you an FT-7800. If you like it, use it. If you don't like it or decide to upgrade, I'll pay for you to ship it back.

There you have it. There should be a "report" button on the bottom left of every message or post. Click the button, write a pleasant message to the mods and... poof problem solved!

I didn't realize this was a huge deal. I just report them and assume our wonderful mods take care of it. Reporting a message as spam will get it reviewed my a mod, right?