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While I never knew him well at all, growing up, Hopper (Grasshopper) was a local here, learned some stuff from him and a few others on the radio in my early days when I was just getting interested in radio repair / amps, seems like a long time ago now. I didn't know he had a Youtube channel, but...

This thread made me check my Cantenna bottom, not sure I ever have since buying it from a hamfest. Looks like the bottom of mine may have leaked in the past and someone soldered it closed? Mine was cheap and although the guy said it worked fine, when I got home the resistor measured 80 or 90...

Not much. Okay radios, I've had a few, but really nothing special. If you wanted one, $15 was an alright buy.

Wasn't he touching a tree the whole time he was talking? That video always cracked me up. :D

I guess the rarest I have is one of these RCA CRM-P2A-5. Not sure where it is at the moment, but it is a little rough looking. Operates on CB channel 15 if I recall. Have not played with it in years. Looks like this: https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/rca_marine_crm_p2a_5_ch_555518.html

I remember using FM when we got the urge, and way more than 50w on all modes. Most locals had a lot more than 50w of power at their disposal and never gave much thought to the rule book, so even with a 50w limit, people would have ran whatever they wanted. As for FM, I can't imagine the FCC...

When I had an antenna come down from wind (Maco V5000), I couldn't hear much of anything and knew something was wrong, no way I was going to key up any amps. How was your receive? That said, I know a local that has several Imax 2000 coming down / break, and still had a great SWR, I'm wanting to...

Not your every day radio, so price isn't necessarily out of line, I would not pay it, but I'm not big into those. I think a lot of old / vintage stuff isn't worth what it fetches, but is what it is. Ebay will side with the buyer if the seller tries to rip anybody off, so even with zero...

To each their own is what I like to keep in mind, but this always seemed like something someone wanted to use a bunch of left over tubing / materials to create some unusual antenna; "looks" rather than performance. They look like a TV antenna though instead of a CB, to me at least.

In my 20 years on the radio, I can say most locals I've run into don't care what the scope shows, they want loud, crunchy, raspy audio, crazy swing from 0 to full power, etc., clean 100% did not sound good to them, was considered wimpy / weak sounding. Occasionally I'd run into some that liked...

My screen name is my CB name / numbers. No different persona, never felt the need to be a different person on the radio. Not much local activity anymore, so I have not really been on the radio in a number of years or even worked on any or anything. I kind of miss tinkering with the stuff though.

I usually ran into him and Pete on 21 chatting & they have also popped in on the local channel here which is 33, probably caught them on 19 at some point too, but I rarely go to 19. I barely make it down the street, so no way I’ll hear you where you’re at, even with the best of conditions. My...

I’m not on the radio much these days, hardly ever actually other then testing some audio gear occasionally. I have talked to a guy name Winston a few times over the last 2 years “or so”, he talks to a guy named Pete quite often that I’ve also chatted with a bit. Pete would recognize the name...

That whistle sounding wind up toy that rises in pitch has been built by a couple locals around here (the Columbus area) over the years. There are probably others out there as well, but I know of two that build the one heard in your youtube videos. (they called it a Spacebird) The last one I know...

There are a lot of CB operators out there so I don’t see it dying for quite some time. However… I’ve been on the CB nearly 15 years now, and the local chatter is nothing like what it was 10 to 15 years ago. There were multiple local channels that were virtually always active especially in...

Looks like these guys got you covered & I don’t think it is all “too” critical as long as it reaches the hoop ok. But for future reference I guess since I have my Maco V5/8 5000 sitting in the other room in its original box I would measure it. My antenna was bought back in like 2001 if I recall...

I assume you mean L134 in between the driver / final? Or something else? It’s always a good idea to take some pics or notes when removing parts you may be unsure of when reinstalling. I like to take detailed pictures just in case; my memory is not always the greatest!

Wow great to hear! If I would have known they were that cheap I would have went that route myself, lol. Oh well I really don’t use these meters so it don’t matter. Good to know though. Guess it pays to contact the manufacture to at least inquire! Glad you got a hold of them finally.

Send them another email, I contacted them a couple weeks ago & got a reply within a couple days, maybe something happened to yours. Yeah, that’s what I did basically; measured roughly where I wanted the bends (nothing critical), clamped the small end in a bench vice, slowly heated it with my...

I never contacted Dosy on a replacement price, but I assumed it would be more then I would spend as well, that’s I why I made that one. I measured my TC-4001 & it is about the same as yours; 4.25” x 2.75” If you can’t find one, with a little time you should be able to make something up...