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    Ham Test Study App on your Android

    Ham study app... Is there one of these for a Windows Mobile based phone? Thanks Andy
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    varmint XL-350 Base linear

    I have a Varmint XL-350, I'm wanting to unload it and get something with a little more power and a little cleaner (as in bleed over in the neighbors stuff). I tested this thing this past weekend and it works beautifully. I hooked up a bone stock radio that put out like 3.5 or 4 watts and it...
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    Ebay

    Totally agree! Couldn't have said it better! But as for sueing ebay... :bdh:
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    Almost Go-Time!

    Well, I have been getting the man cave prepped. It's drywalled and Menard's has indoor/outdoor carpet on sale this weekend for around 41 cents sq/ft... I will HOPEFULLY be putting up my antenna this weekend and routing the coax inside. I have to take my radio to the shop just to get it...
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    Can anyone recommend a good antenna stud?

    If you are gonna be taking the antenna mount off frequently, they make some really nice vicegrip ones that you can pick up at most truck stops.
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    proper deadkey to swing ratio for AM operation ?????

    In a perfect world I would say 1/4 of max as stated above BUT I liked modulation in excess. Swing is where it's at. We used to have people in my area that had the "big balls" theory going on. They thought that if you had a 2K linear and you dead keyed 1500 and swung to 2K that was awesome...
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    Which mobile antenna should I buy HELP!!!!

    If you do try to mount something shorter behind the cab, in the bed area, make sure that the antenna sticks at least a foot above the cab of the truck. If not your Standing Wave is gonna be off the charts. If you mount the antenna to the side of the box closest to the tailgate you will have a...
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    Which mobile antenna should I buy HELP!!!!

    I ran a 102" whip for quite a few years on my truck. I had a toolbox in the bed that I mounted the whip to. I put it on the "front side" of the box (side closest to the tailgate) and made sure that I had the box grounded good. I ran a super galaxy with a 125 watt modulator driving a TNT 6...
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    Avanti Sigma4: An alternative view point

    Alright... I couldn't make up my mind... First a Sigma4 style antenna, then an IMAX now I actually have an antenna and I will be installing it within the next couple weeks, I gotta get the man cave drywalled... I went down to my grandparents house and was talking to grandpa, he looks at me when...
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    Avanti Sigma4: An alternative view point

    Thanks for the info guys! And thanks for the welcome to the site! :thumbup1: I have been doing a little research here locally and have discovered that probibly 75% of the people around here are running an IMAX 2000 with the groundplane kit... I haven't thumbed through the threads to see about...
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    Avanti Sigma4: An alternative view point

    Hello folks! I'm new to this forum but have found LOTS of great information. This thread in particular is the one that got me to join! :thumbup1: I'm getting back into CB radios because I have stumbled across some deals I just flat out couldn't pass up and I asked my pop, "what would be the...