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    Choke or not?

    I am putting up a new in the box Antenna Specialists Mighty Magnum 3. (half wave) it must be from the 70's.
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    Choke or not?

    should i wind a choke as soon as i put up my base antenna or should i see how it is without one first? Thanks.
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    Help Identify this antenna.

    Very good antenna.
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    Help Identify this antenna.

    looks like a radio shack 5/8 wave. they did not have the matching device like the hygain penetrators did.
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    base noise

    is there anything to lessen incoming ac noise on a base radio? like adding a better/bigger filter (cap) on the input of the cord or coax?
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    isolation confusion

    half wave aluminum ground plane with radials. (antenna specialists mighty magnum 3). what will be the best way to install this thing. (i want to do it right ONCE)
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    isolation confusion

    what i still am not getting is this- if i isolate the antenna from the mast, where do i hook up a ground wire (if at all) because if the antenna is supposed to be isolated from the mast to keep the mast from being part of the antenna, what is the point of adding a ground wire that will be...
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    isolation confusion

    just a cb base antenna.
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    isolation confusion

    so what is the deal??? run no ground wire at all?
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    isolation confusion

    if i isolate the antenna from the mast where do i connect a ground wire to, the antenna bracket itself or to the mast which is separate from the antenna? i dont get it.
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    Is Wilson Antenna Closing

    bring back the m6b and D104 base mic.
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    mighty magnum 3

    i am putting up an antenna specialists base antenna. it is new in the box and the sections are held together by screws that go into pre drilled holes. you just match up the holes and connect them to the factorys settings. if the swrs are not good should i cut a slot in the bottom section so i...
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    Is Wilson Antenna Closing

    The new antennas will have a far superior coil made of hardened re-fried beans and the whips will be made from stone ground corn complete with dingo ball antenna topper which also acts as a corona tip
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    RCI 2980/Galaxy 2517?? Any Comments on either?

    the weak link here is the Silver Salute (IN MY OPINION) they sound YUCKY! tell him (beg him) to buy a clean D104 off ebay. no comparison. NONE. silver salute is not even in the same league as a hand held D104.
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    Cobra 89 gtl

    would turning vr6 all the way up be the same as removing d16? or will removing the diode give even more audio (even if it is splatter audio) and if d16 removal gives more audio, couldnt you just turn your dynamike down a little? then you could still have that spaltter massive audio to have a...
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    Cobra 89 gtl

    Remove (I said REMOVE do not cut) D16. you should have an AUDIO MACHINE!!!!!
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    frs / gmrs in romania

    Cool!!! I love going to foreign countries and purposly doing illegal things! I love experiencing jails of other nations. I'm on it. I will key up with 2kw!
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    wow penetrator 500

    alot of it has to do with the male ego, macho prestige thing! lol. wanting to be the envy of everyone in their neighborhood. (ooooh he has a super penetrator he is 10-8) or (my super penetrator is THE BEST ANTENNA EVER MADE!!!!) and no one will argue with him either so he feels like a god...
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    New antenna

    here is my new (as in new in box) antenna i am going to put up in the spring. (hope i like it)
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    ant. question

    i have a clr2 and an antenna specialists mighty magnum 3. the clr 2 is supposedly a 5/8 wave. it is 19 feet 10 inches. how is this possible. the mighty magnum 3 is 18 feet and is half wave. is hygain lying? i know both have some kind of coil so what makes the magnum stay at half wave and...