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I now have it on the same power as the radio. When I first got it was just trying to get it up and going so used the first power pack I found in my pile that fit the jack. Basing my accuracy rating on what the meter shows and what the o-scope shows at the same time. The meters require the...

I don't think you are going to get a very accurate reading on the 600 watt scale with a cb radio. If the radio is set up correctly using an average reading meter the 5 watt scale would be the one to use. If the meter is pep then you would probably have to be on the 50 watt scale. If it is dead...

Did you buy the radio new? If not then someone probably turned up the carrier and that would make it swing backwards. You need to open it up and turn it back down to 4 watts or less to get the forward swing. Talking average power here, which is what the swr meter uses. It will swing forward on...

I am surprised you were able to pass your exam. When you say that no ham breaks any rules and that same ham uses his high power ham radio on the cb band what do you call that?

To see the swing everyone loves to talk about, you have to be using a pep meter not an average reading meter. If you had a pep meter you would see the same power on am that you see on ssb or within a watt or two if you don't have the carrier cranked up too high.

Got the meter today and it is very accurate and the built in monitor with amp really lets you hear just how your signal will sound to others. The ssb position lets you get a better view of you ssb peaks than just the pep position does. The modulation meter is the most accurate I have seen for...

For a dipole slightly below 1 wavelength gives the best radiation pattern. For other antennas I don't think the height really affects the radiation pattern since there are usually things attached to the antenna that controls the pattern instead of the earth.

Are you using a coax switch or switching coax? If a switch make sure the switch is not messed up. You should see a very large difference between the two antennas, unless the station you are talking to is just down the block. I have just a simple super scanner and can see big difference when I...

speaking of pileups we need to get it so that if it gets pretty busy on 38lsb that we start going to 37 and 39 and then even to 36 and 40 if it really gets jammed sometimes you can hear 10 or more stations trying to talk and you go to one of the others and there is not a single station on it

For me it has been just the opposite, I know my electronics but don't have good memorization skills so the rules and regs have kept me from even trying since I figured I would never remember enough of them to get by. Contacted my local vec rep and am going to go for it in march or april finally.

I just ordered the best one I have seen anywhere. I like you wanted to get a really good one and this is the best there is I believe. Here is the link for it just put the usuall www in front and enjoy. .thunderpole.co.uk/hp-5000.htm I will post up how well it works after I get it. Ralph

Guess I just did the ASSUME mistake and figured that if the man changed the meter that he had already tried to adjust the meter first. OOPS. Sooooo lets try it again without the OOPS.

Thanks for the schematic Zebbman. Looks like first thing I would check or just replace is c9 or C84 both .01uf caps. If they are not the problem then you have the adjuster for zero pot R9 300 ohm, then there is R89 100ohm resistor, R10 1.5K, R86 2.7K, and R82 150 ohm. Think that was all there...

Looked couldn't find a schematic on line for the radio, sam 23 is the one it is in and I don't have that one. Need to find what feeds the meter.

I can being a tax evader being a reason not to get the ticket but what does being a felon have to do with it?

As I read your post you are talking about base to base between you and family that lives 50-60 miles away. If at least one of you has a beam antenna and the other has a good omni with average conditons you would be able to communicate very well. If the skip was running hot and heavy as it used...

That whip was designed to be mounted onto a mount with a spring where the coax is actually split with the center going to the antenna and the shield going to the ground on one of the screws at the mount. I believe that kind of mount helped to get the impedance correct. The swr was always 1.5 or...

In a word, No. You are getting rf into the amp of the speaker. You can try putting a cap accross the power leads at the amp and maybe one on the speaker terminals inside the case.

There is a guy on ebay that is selling a fairchild kit. I installed that kit in my 148 and it really works well. The receive noise level is much lower after installing his hit. He says that it has better amplification than the 2sc2999 and that is why I went with it. The transistor that is...

Here is a picture of it. Not very high right now, hope to find a cheap tower to put it on at some point.