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  1. 9

    Homemade CB Base Antennas Using 4' Firestiks

    very nice man i might have to try that and see how it goes NICE WORK
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    inverterd v the way i did it

    i live near a BIG industrial zone 6 huge plants to be exact many pagers towers signals from equipment not to mention my antennas are 500ft or less from 6 phase high voltage power lines but like you said if it works dont mess with it :D
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    inverterd v the way i did it

    THE INVERTED V hi all id like to share this for new users to cb or new users to dipoles here she goes i run a lmr400 coax has very little loss and it runs to an inverted v dipole up 30 to 35 ft on a mast..... i had problems like the feed line touching the metal possibly causeing an...
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    Good info about grounding.

    nice check this site out these guys have good info / cable Times-Protect Lightning Protection | Times Microwave
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    help choosing an antenna

    thnx for the replys fellaz im still undecided but like beer says the maco is looking like the best bet atm i can always run an antenna switch for my dipole when needed but every ones opinion matters to me since ive never tried these if you know what i mean god bless have a good one
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    help choosing an antenna

    hello guys and gals im about to buy an antenna for my bearcat 980 for my base station.... i see so many on the market other claim this.. that... this n that... lol!!!... well i figured id ask here b4 i made the purcase... i have a inverted v dipole but wanna upgrade.... i have a 35 ft mast i...
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    Uniden Bearcat 980

    can anyone post how to do the clairfy mod? i seen somthing on youtube to cut wire but i dont wanna cut anything and not 100 percent sure it work ive already did some adjustments removed the beep i have some guys that are like 3kz up from 40 and cant reach them
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    help deciding on a amp

    ty thnx man well ill go witht the one with the preamp since its 5 to 10 bucks more have a good day
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    help deciding on a amp

    pre amp are the pre amps on that RM kl203p any good or should i just go with a regular KL203 searching around on google some ppl stated that its not really worth the extra money for it but i figured id ask here since you guys have delt with these amps before:confused1:
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    help deciding on a amp

    10 to da 4 thnx i fix computers so i have lots of old fans and heat sinks i might put that R4-BC8R-18FW-R1 coolermaster fan on it it has white leds and have 4 of those that a client didnt like when he had his pc built soo yea hahaha i think that will do nice there have a great day and...
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    help deciding on a amp

    roger roger fellaz i might just get 2 amps and test both 1.xforce mf200 2.RM KL203p ive got 2 radios Uniden PC687,Uniden Bearcat 980 gonna throw them both on 2 and a half watt dead key and do some testing BTW do any of you guys know if a 120mm fan will fit on the top of the...
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    help deciding on a amp

    :ohmy:wow that MF200 is nice amp and is the range i like looks like a well built amp
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    help deciding on a amp

    thnx for the reply ill check those out
  14. 9

    help deciding on a amp

    :unsure:hello guys and gals ive got a bearcat 980 ssb... looking to get an amp for it due to the amps used in my area i cant even get out till dark... i was talking to a guy last night who gave me some info on models of amps to get but i wanna ask here first before i make the purcase.... maybe...
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    filter caps question

    well i live around high voltage pwr line and a cb shop buddie said upgraing the caps would cut out alot of the noise and im thinking if i do upgrade the caps wont that cut out or limit my RX or TX?
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    filter caps question

    i would like to uprade my caps on my bearcat 980 wondering if it hurts my tx or rx or vice versa and why do others upgrade there caps im new so bare with me :D
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    filter caps question

    hello all i have a question i hear ppl all the time talking about changing there caps in there cb radios what is this for should i do it does it affect TX or RX only im new to sodering so id like to know i have some old radios that have 2200uf 1000uf 480uf and a few others that are lower that i...