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    Midland 77-888 Radio.

    hey what would you recommend for a good dead key wattage for this radio?
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    HR-2510

    pot VR107 is the main one VR103 is the fine adjustment, hook her up to a watt meter and bring her down to what you want it, im running mine barefoot so im going to be bumping mine up to 15w unless its higher then i will bring it back down, and run a 15w max dead key and see how she handles it,
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    Cheap radio comparison!

    atleast in my area, i find cb radios all the time at goodwill. its just an idea, but i payed 3$ for a HR2510, and 5$ for a midland 77-888, 5$ for a cobra 19 like you said. my HR2510 was the problem child of the group, needed 2 caps replaced, but i picked up a uniden 520XL(1.50$) and its finals...
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    Your first CB? what year started? any other radio interest?

    i was exposed to cb when i was 8~10yrs old. my grandpa had a hy-gain II on a AC/DC base and a huge fiberglass or 102" base wihip (i cant remember) but the 2x4 it was mounted on rotted and snapped in a wind storm and was laid over for years. he used it to talk with my dad when he was in the area...
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    by the way i got my HR2510 working tonight with new caps, so my wattage is now 10watt 10m ham setup with cb channels, so i might get better range/ usage for my area.
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    yeah i been just saying whats goin on ch 17? and people who wana talk talk and who doesnt doesnt. i would tend to do a radio check, but it would last like 30 seconds and be done. and yeah i wish i could run an coaxial that far im sure it would act great as an antenna. its full of rotted grain...
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    HR2510 Problems.. Learning

    Update, FIXED the radio, rogerbird told me to replace C95 and C97 i did so and she runs great both 16V caps cleaned up after-words and she has audio and stays cool worked solid for 20 mins and stayed cool to the touch. thanks everyone/rogerbird
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    Model: FS4-? 4 Ft (122cm) 5/8 wave Rated @ 900 watts $28.99 (MSRP*) i have the heavy mast one. not the light whip style.
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    Essay I wrote for class. CB related

    haha should be doing homework right now, but i just unsoldered a TDA1905 IC chip from my donor radio for my HR2510
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    HR2510 Problems.. Learning

    the TDA1905 burned out i take it on my HR2510 but i have another TDA1905 from another donor parts radio. i might replace the audio chip and see if that does it. well have someone who knows how to do it, i just pulled the exact donor chip from another radio. but that chip GETS HOT, thats a sign...
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    HR2510 Problems.. Learning

    also heres what i saw in another forum (HR2510 troubles) heres mine and what someone did to it. IF you see the brown wire is soldered into the IC103 chip and is caried back to a resistor and some black 2 pin thing another resistor and is soldered to another pin. i do not know what this is used...
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    HR2510 Problems.. Learning

    ok, update. little more info i took off the panels again and ran it today using my hand to scene heat, IC103 has a big metal shield on it and the metal shield gets hot after a few mins and right when it gets too hot to touch the radios audio powers off. the radio remains active, full RF...
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    Who Made This Antenna?

    humms? i hope its not this one
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    Who Made This Antenna?

    i couldnt find the base mount for it and it doesnt have the whip right now, but i could always look up the length and cut or buy another whip for it, and locate a base mount that will work for it, question now is how great of an base mount was this? being its base loaded, it seriously looked...
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    Who Made This Antenna?

    hello i have this base loaded antenna i want to someday use with a 102" whip its a base load, on the side it has an A like the picture shows and says in small print "stripes Of Quality" i want to clean up the aged oxygenation on it and use it someday soon. any info? just for...
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    Essay I wrote for class. CB related

    yeah, well when it comes to forums as long as theres no typos, and what not. i tend not to go apeshit on everything as-long as im clear and people understand me im happy. and the essay is an academic essay so its 5 paragraphs, 5 sentence essay. i could have gone on all day about all the...
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    i have an antenna my grandpa used. its like the one i think they used in smokey and the bandit too. but i dont know. its a brownish gray color. it was a base loaded antenna with black stripe around the bottom. and says "stripes of quality" on it with an a in the stripes.. it needs a new whip...
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    awesome idea dude. now i know down the road, if i get my ham working or a new ham how to get a 102" antenna to work on my car, thanks bud. i dont have money to change my setup right now and im pretty happy with it. but down the road if i plan on changing it i will definitely toy with that idea.
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    good info. very informative. 1) SWR is 1.3 too 1.5 sometimes it bounces around, its been getting stormy around here cloud cover and such my SWR jumps around a bit these days but otherwise, works great. 2)my main question was how to bring out sand baggers and you answered that great. just ask...
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    Kind of Sad, Dead CB Area or Confusion.

    whats wrong with the firestick antenna? just wondering i got about 6 locals coming home today on the freeway and people in town.. though it was a quiet day. i know Wilson a good name in antennas. a mag mount is out of the question due to the fact half the damn car is composite or glass, but...