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    Range and setting up a base station

    Sorry I did not get back to you fellows earlier but as I mentioned before I'm a truck driver and my time is mostlly at work. I do however apprieciate the wealth of knowledge and links :D provided. I pondered the use of the wilson 1000 & may one day resort to buying 1 but current finacial set...
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    Range and setting up a base station

    Like u said start with the basic like squelch and rf gain, which I did. :roll: then moved on to swr's(1.2-1.4) and with the RF all the way up and the squelch down to where static starts and that's all I get 2.5-3.o miles MAX. :cry: I've also tried asking the driver's I hear about that and most...
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    Range and setting up a base station

    Hi guys I guess i'm back. I'm trying to increase my cb's range but have been stumped at a max of 2.5 miles I think. I'm a truck driver so I use it both at my job and on my personnal vehicle. Earlier I was having problems getting better swr's & was recommended to use a lil' will on my car. So far...
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    Radioshack TRC-447 Radio questions

    re:Better antenna & light indicator u see I own a '96 grand am so I don't know if I can fit it on(a 102" whip). as for the light indicator; my cb when it 1st was connected it had the TX/RX light on(green); but latelly it almost always off. I thought it burned out but notice it turn green for a...
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    Radioshack TRC-447 Radio questions

    re: TRC-447 questions :D OK, 1st question; I have setup my radio to work with a radioshack antenna: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=21-989 on my car. My SWR's are all over the place 1st at Ch1-2.2 ch19-1.8 ch40-1.6 then latelly at ch1-2.0 ch19-2.5...
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    Radioshack TRC-447 Radio questions

    Does anybody here own a TRC-447 radio and if so Would you be able to answer a Few questions I have about it and it's accesories; u know antenna, base, range car mount, etc.