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    House AC Current??? What does a CB Radio Pull???

    I'm asking because I live in a self-built solar powered home... I don't want to overload my power inverters with my other appliances...LOL... In House AC Current How many watts would a Cobra 2000 GTL Base Pull from your wall? 40,60,75,100 Watts Like a light bulb???...LOL
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    Firestik K-11 Magnet Mount

    If 90% of our Driving is around town below 50 mph would this support a 5 foot antenna with a medium Antenna spring? I Plan on using this with an old GE Handheld Model With the PL-259 adapter Listed in the Manual here the radio and adapter end will be inside the car of course LOL...
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    Will Dual Antennas increase your recieve???

    1.) Will Dual Antennas increase your recieve??? Will you be able to hear Farther??? 2.) If they did would it be Such a small it mount that it would not be noticable?
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    What is the Range of a HAND HELD CB?

    I have that old GE Odd Ball Radio model number 3-5980A Would the range on this be line of sight??? The Rubber Ducky Antenna on it is About 9 and 1/2 half Inches.
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    Will an antron 99 Roof Mounted get 41 Miles???

    Will an antron 99 Roof Mounted get 41 Miles On a Clear Day??? The reason I ask is I have a Flying Jays/Pilot in Sagniaw Michigan and I live in Flint. I will mainly be talking to trucks I don't have to many obsticles to get around RF Wise Only blockage I see in between is possiby a tall hospital...
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    5 Foot Firestik Range Question.

    Just for Conversation sake...LOL... How much would it increase the range of a 5 foot firestik FS II with tunable tip if you put it on a 60 foot tower How far could you expect to get out THIS IS JUST FOR CONVERSATION SAKE LOL HE HE HE
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    Did they ever make a Regular CB Radio with a BandScope?

    Did they ever make a Regular CB Radio with a BandScope? I think it would be awesome!!! Would it be easy to put one on a CB?
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    On nice clear days could you bounce CB signals off the moon?

    On nice clear days could you bounce CB Signals off the moon like they do in ham radio? If you pointed a directional antenna that way? Provided the atmosphere was in our favor that day?
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    Range of an Antron-A99 antenna

    If the Antron-99 is 18 ft. tall and it claims 15-25 miles on a clear day WITH clear line of sight... Does this average out to about 1 mile of range Per foot of antenna on average? So I guess If my antenna is 18 ft. tall and the truck i'm talking to has 4 foot antennas this would be about a 22...
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    How Many Watts Dead Key do Aviation radios have

    Sorry if this is the wrong section. I was just curious How Many Watts Dead Key Do Aviation radios have... If CB is 4 watt output???
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    Maco V-5000 VS. Sirio Gain master

    Maco V-5000 VS. Sirio Gain master Just between these two for Base to mobile operations which???? how do they compare????????????????
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    Antenna Coax Recommendation please

    Antenna Coax Recommendation please..... Just as the title says. I am hooking up an antenna for CB radio. and I Don't want to play around with LMR-400 or Belden 9914 I am serious.... I want to know what is the biggest baddest lowest loss coax... you can possibly put PL-259 male connectors on? I...
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    Would it be possible to make a AM rotortiller antenna

    Would it be possible to make a similuar shaped antenna for AM CB 11-meter? Would it have to be a lot bigger? ERI - ROTOTILLER Rotofiller Series
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    Would it be possible to use a studio microphone on a CB radio

    1.) Would it be possible to use a studio microphone on a CB radio? 2.) Could you Re-wire it to work on a 4-pin Cobra or Midland radio? 3.) How would you do so? or are there adapters? http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/1800/NT2AStuBun-xlarge.jpg If not can you recommend any good 4-pin...
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    Who here dreams of owning this antenna

    Who here dreams of owning this antenna I know I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MaCo M108HV
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    Co-phasing an Omni-Directional Antenna with a Directional antenna

    Co-phasing an Omni-Directional Antenna with a Directional antenna What would be the results of say a Maco V-5000 Co-phased with a Maco 103c 3 element beam?????????????????? With this could I have about a 30 mile circle around me with SSB, plus directionality when I wanted it? Anybody want to...
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    Adapter for Using 2 CB's with the same antenna

    Adapter for Using 2 CB's with the same antenna Does any company make a switch like this for convinance? Could you homebrew one with the proper soldering skills? For a CB I want to use outside on nice days and put up in the afternoon
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    Question About Antenna Towers???

    I'm New sorry if this is not the approiatee place for this post please move if it is not. I Did not see an antenna theroy subject Why do some Broadcast stations like My local one WCRZ Cars 108 out of Flint, MI. 1.) Why do they Use more then one tower? 2.)Is it to get directional coverage...
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    What would happen if you mounted a Vertical Omni-Directional Ntenna in a Horizonally?

    What would happen if you mounted a Vertical Omni-Directional Antenna in a Horizonal fashion? I.E. Paralell to the ground and Co-Phased it with a Vertically Mounted one? Hummm?????? Anybody care to test this one??? he he he????
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    Dual Antenna's Question

    My main goal is to be able to talk to truckers going down 3 OR 4 express-ways around my house. one e-way is 3.6 miles from my house and one e-way is 7.8 miles from my house. What effect would Running Dual Antron-99's have? Example one on each side of my ranch home? So they would be way more...