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I think that there is a couple thing going on. I bought a new coax today and was told that I was getting out strong. After about an hour of talking to trucks I passed it got really weak again. This is what it did with the used coaxes. Could I be burning coax up with a stock radio? :(
I got...
I noticed something else too. When I first put it in the truck I had no light on in my meter. Then I hooked up a ground to the antenna mount and the meter light came on. After switching coax the light wont come on. :?: :?: :?:
I had to move my cobra 25 from my truck to a loaner. On my truck I had to run a ground wire from the antenna mount, mounted on the powder coated mirror bar to the door. Stopped squeal I had then. Now I had to move it to this other truck and the squeal is back. I tried running ground wire to the...
OK :? :lol: Now that yall know I'm not radio savey, what is yalls opinion of what coax, 9' (less to hide) or 18', should I be running in my truck with a Uniden 76 and wilson fiberglass antenna tuneable tip?
I Think I already know the answer to this but whats the differences in the PC76 and the PC78. I just bought a 76 off Ebay for $42. I want to get a chrome cover for it. One website sells them for cobra29/unidenPC76 diamond plate(I dont like) and another sells'em for cobra29/unidenPC78 smooth...
Alright then, I have been using a 9' coax with a masterfully built flea market $5 Twig made from some kind of composite that has no wire or coils on it. Is Wrong? lol I have been using a stock Cobra 25 that has never been into. I just bought a Uniden PC76XL that is peaked and tuned and suppose...
1st Hello all "The WorldWide Radio Forum"
To give a short history. Been driving truck since "97" and listening and talking on one for more yrs than that. I have always heard this and that, "he does this and they do that", "you cant do that" but he sounds loud doing what ever he is doing kinds...
newby here
It was told to me that between the two (RK-56 or Astatic) the only difference inside them was whether you liked to key up with your thumb or your fingers.
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