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thanks for the help guys..everything has been great past couple days.in the green face newer models its the green wire"measures 13 in idle and 8.51 when keyed up,on the multi meter set on 20dcv" easyer than the first time with the wrong wire lol. this radio has the newer color but still has the...

see whay i waited..glad i did after hearing this:ohmy: thanks for mentioning it:thumbup1: if they sold a book for complete idiots on every subject id have many books lol.. now need to find directions for a fan switch..when first powered up it spins so fast i think it is off balance till it...

thanks a bunch..and hope everyone is havin a great weekend..will be re doing the switch in a lil while..:thumbup1:

thanks very much for sure! so these small wires just key the amp,and even with the red wire i put the switch in is constantly hooked up it cant do anything unless its keyed by this yell/green wire?..sorry im slow but i think im understanding it much better now.if i got that right:thumbup1...

this is why im glad i waited to try the switch i installed,thanks fellas:thumbup1: i have not turned the switch off at all,as i was waiting for the correct answers so i didnt screw something up. this is the newer 2995dx,has the 2 2990 pills in the amp board also ,even tho i read the newer ones...

rci puts these hot wires in a groove thats very sharp and can really cause problems for someone that moves it around a lot over the yrs imo..so heres pics of where they shove them,,i moved mine away as they already had a slice in them and could waste the radio real fast.. this is a view of them...

well its took me a while but i just got a new"less than yr old" rci 2995dx with the green digital face..sadly it came from a good friend that passed away last yr so i traded his brother out of it..got about 400 into it so not too bad.. decided after reading for 2 nights to install a switch in...

just got a newer 2995dx with a night eagle d104 mic..getting great reports on am and ssb but a few local hams i talk with say it needs a lil more base so i keep the frequency 10 cycles up to there liking. my question is would this 1oda make much difference on my already ok mic? im looking for...

id have to win the lotto lol..i just got my first exspensive meter and its prob not all that when it comes to meters and cash spent.but i really like this diawa cn-801 and dont plan on replacing it with ny other unless it breaks.. may get my first real base radio today so the antena on hold...

maybe this will help the variations of opinions..as im learning and you guys have been there.. my calculations are for chanel 40..i talk upper ssb mostly and it will cover almost 1.5 mhz spread. one side of my driven element will be 9.168ft or 110.017 inches..total length of 36.672ft 251...

i think i remember my buddy saying he did the first one yrs ago at 50 ohm and it just wasnt cutting it he said..i will run what you guys said by him as well as im not even in the game of this stuff yet..but the fab part is all me.. working on 2 boats and still been puting this off..maybe this...

jay,we have talked before..couple times past week but couldnt get ya today if that was you..i heard with the kids in the background calling you lol.. if your who i think you def have the best audio ever heard and sound like your in a recording studio ..;) def the best of all the flowers my...

sorry ive been slacking and have been fixing other things..then got to thinking how the quad would be lighter with the poles from a crappy pole,i have a couple and the frist 2 sections are very strong and light. but im gonna go ahead with the rods i have..i will try to get the wire strung this...

blue glowing tubes are normal:ohmy: https://www.kcanostubes.com/content/blue-glow-tubes

old machine guns are legal but a tiny cb amp is not..thats should speak for its self..cruel world.<can not stand it>they will have to pry it from my cold dead hands. next kids will be taking old cb amps into schools and killing people with rf waves. but they will get away with it. and the fcc...

everything you said there is very true:thumbup1:.i got a new diawa cn-801 2k watt meter with avg and pep readings today..the amp amazed me compared to my 30-40 yr old meters.. i have my ole pres grant as maxed as "i can get it" and only doing 8 watts pep on ssb..thats showing 250 watt average on...

his work great for sure and there 2 element with 14ga wire and been in use for 7yrs iirc..and hidden in the trees lol.he says for me to use a"7ft 8 1/2 inches of rg11" piece of coax from the driver to keep it down to 50 ohms..says if i use the rg8 up top it will be 100 or more ohms,and the...

well i finally started a couple of the sections for the quad i decided to build. figured id post the build process,and also say this is my very first antenna build. why a quad..well,i have a buddy"ham" that has a sweet antenna farm. he has a maco 5/8 wave,super penetrator,2 element cubical...

i love the tower,,butt will luv it more when it ever gets up..:)

my buddy said the only one he could find was for 30 bucks,and he is cheap,,well broke like me lol..