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greetings 399: as i said before, i hope to hear that fine sounding station from SA soon, best of luck with your retirement but perhaps you should unretire!:) I wondered why i had not heard you on the air in a while. Best of luck and good wishes.

Marconi, if commish doesn't return or can't get you measurements, i can likely get you some measurements, but it will be a few days maybe next weekend. I still have my super maggie, even though it has a severe bend on the lower end when a storm knocked my mast down several years ago. I had a...

i seem to remember the receive on them was really quiet. and heed the advice on the wattage from above. enjoy the hobby.

I managed to work 4040 early one morning on my way to work, while he was working a station out of europe(can't remember which country for sure) but I was in between him and that station. I could not hear europe but scott was in full stride that morning on his beam. which means scott was up...

tropo ducting is a really cool phenomenon, i really enjoy it.

sounding good marconi, you had all the conditions into cali that day with a +20 db. glad you enjoyed that contact with scott, may he rest in peace.

I hate it when that happens..

that is funny! try a little horseradish.

i had a local friend here who ran a little will with just under 200 watts through it, he never had problems with, but this is just one data point. many folks comment on how it has not worked for them. only way to find out if it works for you and this install is to give it a try. did we...

if this is what the bus looked like originally, you did a real nice job painting that! looks cool in grey and black.

if you have a ladder on the rear or a rack on the top those might be some options at keeping coil above roof line and preventing de tuning from the sides of the bus. the top would seem to be the best option to me, just need to find the right antenna height that won't be hitting bridges and over...

it's likely because sirio is targeting a niche market in the cb and 10-12 meters, where they feel they can capture sales without retooling and spending too much on materials. that is just my guess, a cost vs profit thingy based on anticipated sales from past experience in the market.

fish, could be a remote control device(or other shared radio service) licensed for 27.195 that is just a bit off frequency.

I believe he is saying use the typewritten dimensions that are on the big daddy instruction sheet and not his hand written notes. those hand written notes were an idea he was working on using a software to model the antenna which did not work out.

Well it's selling in the UK, shouldn't be much longer before it get's state side, i would guess. Price on the other side of the pond is L94.95. http://www.nevadaradio.co.uk/amateur-radio/antennas/base-antennas/sirio-gainmaster-hw

Interesting, hope to get conditions to Turkey from the USA some day! Lately i've only been able to work into south america. also welcome to the forum. an update to post #2: this group is now WDX instead of cdx.

no, but it could be corrosion with some type of moisture and the aluminum on the capacitor. or if the cap has a lump on it, it has likely failed and the inside has leaked a bit.

yes, that is the one, thanks DB.

no schematic found on a quick search, maybe someone will come along with some help. i did find this website: http://www.museo-cb.com/museo-cb/emisoras-moviles/gecol-gv-2000/ interesting info on there, says that the radio may have been fabricated by GE(that was my first thought when I saw a...

yup! 2 year old thread though!