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    Shhhh.....be verwey-verwey carweful,

    Pluto wrote: Iwas born and raised in Ohio, Just to add my two cents I was born in N.C. lived in cinci OH till was 7 after my military service I went back to cinci and lived there for for about six years and I'll tell ya from what I've seen some of the radios up north are just as bad if not...
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    It was bound to happen

    Just heard a few hours ago myself like others I thought about his wife and kids! I always thought he was a little off for being so close but it was entertaining and educational!
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    Shhhh.....be verwey-verwey carweful,

    Now with that posted let me say a few things!! I will agree that alot of CB's are overmodulated and sound like trash!! (splatter boxes) and Uncle charlie should have kept a liscence req, but they didn't and that is exactly the reason people use parts of the 10m band because you can't hear...
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    Shhhh.....be verwey-verwey carweful,

    Pluto I posted this on the hey thread before I read this one but it works here just as well -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey pluto I looked over at your location looks like your a southern boy just like me maybe we can get it past some...
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    WHISPER AMPLIFIER

    Man I gotta shut him down he's given us lower class rednecks a bad name I only gots one car on blocs!!! LOL :lol: Good site I needed a good laugh!!
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    Dummy load

    the load I would be testing would be around 200w for a short burst PEP I was thinking since I already had the one 20w 150 Ohn resistor from the junk tv I could find a couple more. if my calculations are right I should have a load capable of around 60w and with this mounted to a pc heatsink and...
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    Dummy load

    you are right I need 3 150/3=50 not 2 DUH!! LOL as much electronic junk as i come across I should run into a couple more!! thanx for the reply
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    Power supply

    Thinking of making a power supply to run a mobile amp from the house needs to be at least 15 amp what are the components that would ultimately determine the amperage available. Ie transformer? rectifier? filtering capacitors and or chokes? resistor wattage values?
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    Dummy load

    Hey got a Q I made a dummy load out of a old radio chassis, I cut the back off where the only thing left was the coax connector, soldered 20 1000 Ohm 1/4 watt resistors in parallel to get my 50 Ohms works great 1:1 swr my Q is using the 1/4 watt resistors how much power will it handle I have...
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    Uniden 76xl Parts??

    http://www.wearecb.com/store/default.php?manufacturers_id=10&filter_id=126&sort=2a&page=2&osCsid=db01e3623a5168bc2468fa5b9edd1a3a http://www.uniden.com/ Try these Hope it helps :D
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    50 watt mods by justin

    :( A couple of months back i read a post about the 50 watt mods from justin and there were pictures and discriptions on the mod I believe it was done on a cobra 25 or 29 cant remember but I can't find the post if the moderators can help me find it again I would be very grateful Thanx...
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    riddle me this antenna man?

    so here it is set up small radio midland 886c cobra magnet mount mobile antenna radio is on power supply in house antenna mounted to car outside coax thru window (redneck I know but wanted to see if would work) here's the riddle with the antenna on the car 5 TO 8 ft from my trailer I get swr...
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    uniden ekl mods and thoughts

    Thanx Bushwacker and your analogy of the modded 68 is spot on I just like it cause when ya tell some one out there you have a barefoot uniden and smackin the heads as we used to call it they have a hard time believin it so I show them you cant tell its been done from the outside so they have no...
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    uniden ekl mods and thoughts

    I have heard, been reading and looking around for the best price on a pc68 elite I am planning on diong the ekl component mods my thought about the uniden and cobra sister radios are this for the price of the radio the price of the parts to mod it and the performance gain it is definatly worth...
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    power supply plans

    Thanx for the info I'll check out all the options
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    DTI-4dx???

    I'm into computers just about as much as radio spend an = amount of time on both A couple of years back i found a beta version of a program called dti-4dx that let you interface the computer with a 11 meter radio at the time it was free ware and there was no info on hooking it to the radio I...
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    power supply plans

    tahnx I looked at both the bigun is probably a little out of my budget right at this moment but tell me what ya think of this idea I have a 100 amp alt off a 87 nissan just sitting around and a dryer that the heating element went out in but the motor still works good and a 600 cca megatron from...
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    power supply plans

    I have a small rat shack power supply but it aint enough does anybody have plans for maybe a 10 amp supply that i can use to run a modified mobile cb out of the house thanx in advance