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    ground rods and static

    I am using an 8ft ground rod antenna mast is clamped to the ground rod. mast is 15ft. and antenna is a sigma4. noticing a increase in static level this summer. a local station suggested watering my ground rod. this dropped the static froms5 - s7 to s2-s4after watering the area by the ground...
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    Channel 38 27.385 LSB

    WR-0127 San Jose california, Icom718 and a heil icm mic. great combo.pretty much 24-7
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    internal CB preamps

    tonight a buddy was mobil about thirty miles away. zero noise with pre amp off, pre amp on 5 s units of static but his signal was 9s units. the pre amp helped me hear him. weather the pre amp helps or not is something you need to try to figure out.
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    best antenna height

    Bid for san Jose wind storm blew thru last night and I dropped my mast so it is 10 ft off the ground . still made a contact 100+ miles away, to the sierra foot hills this morning. the station has an Imax 140 ft up a pine tree I normally hear him better but we could easily talk. low noise this...
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    best antenna height

    obvious that antenna height affects preformance and is critical, often heard one wave length is the best but also that 1.5 but less then 3 wave lengths is good.http://www.tennadyne.com/facts.htm any thoughts or experience. I'm running a sigma4 twenty feet up. and it works pretty good.having...
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    internal CB preamps

    I've upgraded to an icom 718 , iy has a pre amp, typicaly useless but on the rare norning when I can turn on the pre amp and the static level is still low it can help. pre amp can be helpful, just not very often.typically zero noise without pre amp and 3-5 s units with pre amp, or greater...
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    trying to recieve fringe stations.

    furtherest ground wave contact.??? have been able to work several station when the static levels drop. one station reported he was located about 300 miles away, top of a hill running stacked 3 element beams.
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    Telescopic Push Up Poles

    sAN jOSE FRY'S HAS 20 FOOTers. but nothing else locally. might try Ace hardware they show a 30ft on their webpage. to get 36ft to the antenna need an40-50ft pushup. might order a rohn and have it shipped freight. to my house.
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    trying to recieve fringe stations.

    in a housing sub division with quarter acre lots. neighbors have not complained. most on cable. upgraded to an ICOM718, and hve made contacts, 100+ miles. to the sierra foothills. one station was running stacked 3 element beams. and was on a hill 2000 ft elevation. I'm thinking a higher antenna...
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    trying to recieve fringe stations.

    was thinking that... no easy solution. might try a pre amp. can't hurt and easy to do., but don't think it will help. 257 is very sensitive.
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    trying to recieve fringe stations.

    In my area like many others the cb use is very low, however some evenings I can hear stations that are in with the noise.in the past have been able to make contact with stations 100+ ,miles away, but with these stations I can only make out a few words and not able to contact these stations. I'm...
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    RF Limited News . . .

    NEW!!! Magnum 1012 Handheld Battery Powered 10/12 Meter Radio with SSB - magnum-1012
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    MAGNUM 257 HP Review

    found a small fan at a local computer store runs on 12vdc, zip tied it to the heat sink.doesn't need much air flow stays very cool. zipties while simple are very secure and works fine.
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    dacron guy wire?

    in the past used the mid steel guy wire and insulators to help keep the wires from resonating, but have heard dacron is popular today any thoughts on dacron vs steel. my new install is a sigma4 on a 20ft push up telescopic mast. currentely no guy wires, but it sways a bit.san jose never gets...
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    how important is a ground rod.

    good points. I got out in the early 90's and skip was annoying, now I just work sideband. both might be greater factors then the ground rod. wasn't in a hurry to put an antenna on the roof. easier to tune and work on the antenna when it's on a telescopic mast. and easier to get a clean install...
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    how important is a ground rod.

    just put my ole sigma4 back up. 20ft telospic mast, mounted on the ground roof would have been higher but ground mount allowed to use the eves to help. mast was set on top of a 2ft rod. to locate the base. next to the nast a 8ft ground rod was pounded and clamped to the mastfor a clean and...