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    What to buy? CB for home and truck.

    I have a question if some one is banned how are they getting on the site. I know on our site when we ban someone the isp is blocked from gettting into the site. So how is it when someone is ban from here they are still able to log on
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    Mobile Co-Phase

    any of the wilson trucker antenna's will do just fine. do not run the coax that come's with the truck they use a spilter box for the fm radio and cb. if you take the panel off where the air brake and trailer supply is and move the houseing that the air brake supply that's is bolted to the dash...
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    What is Your Favorite Export Radio?

    my avatar says what i like and i also like the gaxlay DX99v and the galaxy saturn base
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    Dee meters

    all good info nomad learn something everyday thanks
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    rat shack rotor

    I wouldnt go any bigger than a 3 element single sided beam look on ebay for a cde-AR40 or look around where you live you can find the cde (bell style) rotor's still on peoples home's knock on there door and ask them if they still use the tv antenna if not offer to take it down for them with...
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    The 5/8 and .64 debate!

    ok my bad should have known that one. :? i fixed my above post thanks Hamin X
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    The 5/8 and .64 debate!

    the name of the radio staion was elf it was NAVRADTRANSFAC On 21 July 1914 the Navy purchased about 75 acres for the facility. The purpose of the station was to provide reliable radio communication with the fleet at sea, as well as other shore radio stations in the Naval Communications...
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    m-400 flat or shooting star

    ok what a beam does is concentreat's its energy in one direaction hence the word beam. An a 99 is a omni antenna its energy goes in all directions. So for your answer is there an advantage yes as for what type of beam to use for DX i would go with a quad beam like signal engineering antenna's ...
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    *** Yagi 4-elements

    go with the maco 104 take your time when building it there are a few tricks to do to the antenna that they used to put in the instructions when wilson antenna owned it. Maco dont put this info in there assembly instructions. just remeber dont over tighten any thing and put rope thru the...
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    m-400 flat or shooting star

    you can run dx on the flat side or the vertical side it all depends on the conditions the maco 4 is a single side beam the shooting star as both flat and vertical. beening able to switch from one to the other is a plus. hope this helps ya 73's
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    Looking for Finco Stinger

    yes they were talked really well what i am thinking of doing is maybe building one from parts from other antenna's after all parts are parts. lol thanks for all the input on this
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    Dee meters

    look s good in appearance i like the fact the you can zero the meters from the front would like to see the spec's of the curcuit design tho..
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    Looking for Finco Stinger

    thanks all for your input i will check the place the grumpy posted to see if its the right one im looking for thanks again
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    Looking for Finco Stinger

    Does any of you know of or heard of an antenna called the finko stinger. Maybe its not spelled right. But do i remember them to a point. They where a ground plane that looks like the maco V5/8. Just wondering maybe someone has one or the paper work for one . thanks fatdude1
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    Tech

    awsome Congrats dude
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    The 5/8 and .64 debate!

    wow very well put dude :D
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    indoor antenna (pics added)

    hey What ever you have to do hell man when i was first getting into radio i loaded into the front screendoor of our house it was all alum.
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    laser400 vs. se lightning 6 quad

    howdy I would go to the quad my self i have run both the laser and the quad. The quad will out do the laser in dx hands down verytime. Mind you there are both great antenna's. The laser takes alot of time to build right thats running rope thur the elements for vibration and so on thus...