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I am thrilled to hear that the BEEP is gone. It looks like a very simple mod. One of my fears was that the beep mod was going to be more trouble than it was worth. With that being said I may consider making the 980 my next purchase. Does anyone have any recommendations for a modest amp...

Do you mean like the Cheeseburger Man on 28. RADIO CHECK, RADIO CHECK, RADIO CHECK, RADIO CHECK, RADIO CHECK, I'M GETTIN' ON DOWN... RADIO CHECK RADIO CHECK RADIO CHECK. WHY IS EVERYBODY ALWAYS HATIN' ON THE CHEESBURGER MAN... RADIO CHECK RADIO CHECK..........:w00t::w00t::w00t::tt2:

There is another big hitter out of the central coast of California that goes by 49. I live in Arizona and their skip usually goes right over the top of me so I don't get to hear them much. But when the conditions are just so, I never miss the chance to talk to them. Both 49 and MMM are...

The black wire, not the red one:wink:

Hey check out this video. Nice. Sorry: Can't figure out how to Hypertext. Standing Wave Ratio explained - YouTube

I was being facetious about the Firestick of course.:wink: Too many contradictory interpretations on the internet as to why and how these coils improve an antenna. I wish I could know more for sure, but I'll have to go back to school for that one.

Nice sign. HEY FCC! HERE WE ARE!!!

To clarify my logic breakdown: Why not just use a really short antenna with a coil that makes it resonate like a 5/8 wave (Firestick):tongue:. I have to conclude that there must be some sort of sacrifice made in power loss using one of these coils to help improve the characteristics of an...

Thanks for the description, hydraulics is more familiar to me sometimes too. My confusion stems from a logic breakdown when Chokes, Coils, or Baluns are applied to the antenna chain. When I have built my Dipoles, and 1/4 wave ground-plane, the research I have done has told me that...

Forgive my repetition in this question: I know just enough about electronics to get myself into trouble, and especially the stuff concerning capacitance and impedance. And I want to understand, in a very rudimentary sense, how impedance effects the signal traveling through the coax and...

What is an inductance coil that he is talking about in this thread? And why use one on a 102" whip? I thought these antennas were generally pretty well matched for 11 meters.

This issue needs a professional to find the problem. If I had to guess though, I would say first look internally at the WX/CB switch to see if there are any unsoldered connections. If the connections on the switch look fine then I would agree with RatsoW8.

Sounds like a good next-project to start. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. I have most of the stuff in my garage, do you have any recommendations for the capacitor?

I was wondering if anyone has used or built a Magnetic Loop Antenna for 11 meter base station? I looking for an alternative to my stealthy 102" whip that works pretty well concerning its limitations. I've seen on the Y-tube that an operator made one with only 6 feet of 3/8 copper tubing...

Hollywood, How did you or your friend test the transmit? This might help narrow down the problem.

Somebody better hurry up and bid on this, because it's almost up.:laugh:

No seriously. Some of you are belittling a guy who only wants to learn, and and you don't even get the jab that you were belittling him with correct.

I thought P=IV, or P=I squared R

Alexander the Great: Oliver Stone Can't get those minutes back. Saw it with my brother and we both started laughing hysterically when Alexander cried out "FOR FREEDOM!!!"

I think they were saying that the radio "Transmits on CB, and that it also receives the WX just fine, but that it is not receiving when it is in the AM CB mode". If this is the case, then that sounds like a pretty funky problem. If the radio is new I would just return it.