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All other things being equal, the longer the antenna and the higher it is mounted, the better. Rich

Folks, this discussion is going nowhere and has been turned (by some) into an us vs. them thread. What most of you are overlooking is: The Congress writes the laws in the broadest of terms and charges an agency with interpretation of the law, writing the regulations for the law and...

I am saying that your experience is typical of an impedance problem and that the missing radial could be the problem. Fix it first, then do more checking. If you have a real problem, changing coax length, or using a tuner could mask the problem and not improve performance. Not sure what you...

Fix the ground plane radial, first. You've got an impedance issue, or the coax length would not matter. I used a CLR-2 back in the late 60's, or early 70's and never had any matching problems with it. Rich

Must have had a time machine to have had a 40 channel CB back then. :P Rich

I agree, it looks like a CLR-2. Rich

Sounds like your 8 volt regulator is flakey. Rich

Yep, as well as the meter, switch, or whatever. But good luck figuring out just how much. Without an analyzer, you're just guessing. Rich

As long as a piece of equipment meets the FCC spectral purity standards and you are licensed to use the amateur frequency where you are transmitting, it matters not from whence the radio came; it is legal to use. Also, it does not matter what the power output capability of the equipment is, as...

QRN; Yes, I see where you are coming from now, if you include static dissipation in your grounding schemes. I think we both agree on the practical issues. However, the problem is that the average radio operator hears "grounding" and immediately drives a single 5 ft. galvanized rod into the...

These are generally, air-to-air frequencies. If you ever go to an air show where the Blue Angels, or Thunder Birds perform, you will hear them in this range. Rich

Actually, I did not confirm your statement. The problem is with having enough sharp points to dissipate the positive charge fast enough to remain below the critical discharge level. Perhaps you have seen some old tin roofs with a ridge cap that looks like a saw blade. This performs the same...

Comparing a broadcast site to the typical amateur, or CB installation, is a rather specious argument. As I stated in my previous post, the devil is in the details. If you want to go the brute force route of the big boys, have at it. However, most of us don't have the money, time, or expertise...

Simple physics. Lightning will strike the object with the most positive charge, closest to the most negatively charged layer in the cloud. Even though this was not understood when Franklin invented the lightning rod, it worked very effectively. The lightning would strike the rod, instead of the...

Go to Topo Zone and search for your area. Click on your house and the coordinates will appear at the top of the map. You can change the coordinate system on the left side of the page. Rich

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Why would you want to ground everything and attract more lightning? Have you ever heard of "lightning rods"? The purpose of lightning rods is to attract lightning to one point and route the current to ground. However, at the voltage and current...

I use the LDG Z-11 Pro in the mobile. I have 40-20-25 and 10m resonators on a 4ft mast and get all band 80-6m coverage. Great little box. Rich

Congrats. Rich

There is no way that you can get that kind of bandwidth out of 75m Hamsticks, without having tremendous losses. But hey, if you make contacts on it, any signal is better than none. Rich

Just a warning, take-it-or-leave-it. Just think about the nut cases out there, though. Rich