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So just an update. Earlier this year after this thread was posted. I put an old stock wilson roof mount on my truck with a sirio fighter p-5000-pl.
It had the fold over lever thing. Seemed well made. Tuned very easily.
I check my SWR every day as a normal matter of course. Its the first thing i...
Any single coiled cb antenna mounted on the vehicle roof in the middle will usually tune to around 1.2-1.3 : 1 swr. Antennas without a coil will usually tune to slightly below that to maybe 1.2- 1.1 something. Impedance when measured on an mfj or something will usually be 37-40 ish ohms.
If...
Couldn't have said it better myself. I know why ameritron still built with them. From a commercial perspective its a familiar part, its still produced, and somewhat affordable. It also has a pile of other issues like huge long wires inside of it that you need to engineer yourself around.
A week...
I found a formula that says 1005/freq. So that comes out to 36.94 feet. I guess 2:1 for the rectangle shape would be ok? Feed it from the side for vertical polarization. How do i calculate the 75ohm coax feeder? Just use the vp of the coax and calculate a 1/4 wave?
Ive been wanting to play with this for years now. I think im ready. Lol.
I think id feed it from the side to get vertical polarization right? That article doesnt give formulas for length or proportion etc. should i just use the available formulas for antennas of wire for a ful wave? Could i use...
I worked on a swinging choke supply. It was 1.2a and the choke was a peter dahl marked 2-4hy. The choke was literally 70%the size of the plate transformer.
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