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I had a BB3 Screwdriver antenna mounted the same way on my Chev truck for a short while. I moved it after I got my Smacked All Stop Lights award! I later mounted it in the rear corner of the bed down low on the drivers side. I also trimmed a Fiberglas whip down so it would cover from about 28.5...

Much smaller speaker so I would think it has more treble or higher, narrower freq. response which. may cut out some noise and make it easier to hear. A bit more of a sound quality that cuts through better for your hearing. Broad frequency response is fine for broadcast with music and all but not...

Then don't!! You may regret it later!

Slow learner?? :D

Junk drawer? I've got a junk GARAGE!!:D

...kept in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls' porch...

Took a look at the extended frequency thing today and all is well. Looks like i used a computer pin shorter that wasn't for shorting as much as protecting the pins. I used a different shorter and it is fine now. I am not seeing where the lamps are for the two meters. They are easy to find for...

The antenna is the Imax 2000. Not sure how I will put it up but I can get it about 10 ft off the ground temporarily tomorrow. The radio has a few scratches on the top. Looks like some surgery to replace the meter lamps. I shorted the two pins but no joy on frequency expansion as I...

Looking on Craigslist to see what's up for grabs in CB and ham gear I came across an ad for a Northpoint CBS-1000 and a 24ft CB antenna. for $50 and it is amazingly only a mile away from me! it seems like everything I might be interested in on Craigslist is 100 miles away out in the boonies...

I have 5 or 6 old CB SWR bridges too of different makes and styles. .Not even sure where they all came from. Probably followed me home from a swap meet "free box" One like that, as was mentioned, probably cost around $12 to $15 back in the early 70's.

I am curious how you have it attached to the tree. I have a couple BIG Douglas fir trees I have been thinking about using. Just not sure how to go about it.

Sometimes people mount antennas like that and although performance suffers, it doesn't matter much to them as they are only talking car to car (or jeep to jeep) at close proximity to each other. Not trying to "really get out" as they say. They do not have big demands on communications and don't...

That could be it. It could be giving you misleading readings that never get better as you trim so you keep trimming. At the point when you have trimmed a little and don't see any change in SWR it is time to stop and look at things to figure out why things are not working as they should. I agree...

There is some discussion about that antenna and trimming it here, a couple posts down. https://www.rubiconownersforum.com/forums/22-tj-communications-electronics/26239-everhardt-cb-antennas.html

6 inches would seem to be a lot to trim off from my experiences with CB antennas used on CB. What you want is an acceptable SWR curve when measured throughout the 40 channels.Not high at one end and low at the other. Sometimes in some settings it is not possible to get the SWR really low in the...

Even the most state of the art ham rig only does it that way. When you turn on RIT and /or Delta Transmit the main display stays the same and an additional display pops up that show how far off the main display that you are tuning. For myself it would be strange for it to work any other way. I...

Somehow I missed that post....oops!:confused:

He isn't an sk yet! He has been on QRZ.com as always in the last couple days. From QRZ.com just minutes ago; K0BG was last seen: Today at 11:06 AM

In that case you do what you can with what you have or, budget constraints. I don't think many people worry much about powering down an export radio to use on CB. Probably a big reason to get an export is to have the built in extra power that they will use on CB! Not legal to run high power but...

Okay I get what you are trying to do now. More portable on 10 meters than mobile. I still don't find it worth the effort for 10 meters but if I were going that route I would get an Antron A-99 or similar antenna and figure out an easy way of putting it up and down with a pole lashed to some part...