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    CB Fire Stik Dipole Question

    I'm still in the early thinkin' stage. I have plenty of trees to work with, two chimneys and a fairly long light duty fiber mast. Currently I'm working to get a wire inverted vee up for 10 meters.
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    CB Fire Stik Dipole Question

    Thanks for the replies I wondered about that as well. Exactly Thanks,, I didn't think to look for knock-offs
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    CB Fire Stik Dipole Question

    Afternoon all. A couple of weeks back I bought two new in package 4' Fire Stik antennas,,, $10 for the pair. As I understand it they are supposed to be 5/8 wave, electrically. These do not have any tuning adjustments that I can tell. I bought them for no particular reason other than a low cost...
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    Cool flea market find today

    Very cool,, I hooked a 25 amp HTX-10 to the $5.00 supply yesterday and it seems to be operating just fine.
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    Cool flea market find today

    This morning I went to the local flea market looking for a antenna to use on a project. Had I not been looking, there would have been 10 for sale,,, but alas there were none. However, I stumbled upon an Astron RS-20a that was missing the cord. Asked the seller how much and his first response was...
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    Thoughts on Realistic TRC-457 Navaho?

    Hello all,,, I believe this is my first post after joining a while back. A little history. I am not a radio repair guy and do not have the proper equipment to tune or properly test one. I have a Dosy SWR/power/modulation meter, a dummy load and a multi meter. I do have my Amateur Radio...
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    complete novice here

    y'all like questions????? or smart alic answers???:thumbup: I know, I know,,,,,,,,,,,,, it takes a little while for folks to warm up to the newbies.:glare: But, after giving it some objective thought,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,C2's answer makes sense. Farting around with the CB's prolly would promote...
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    complete novice here

    Greetings from Upstate South Carolina,,,,,,,,,,, 40 yr. old male considering a new hobby.:headbang I was given a couple of old mobile CB's the other day. My primary interest in them was to have a form of communication if the satellites quit working. I'm kind-of a "end of times" subscriber...