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Actually, he said the backward swing may be caused by a bad final. But it seems this is not the case. The tech who benched my radio is Rick "thecbdoctor", who has been around for a long time and came very highly recommended so I trust his work. The radio is on the way back so I'm pretty excited...

The SWR on the center load was at about 1.3 w/o the amp and about 1.5 with it. The cheap centerload is now hooked up to handheld at our office at work. According to the tech, the final may be bad, luckily for me he has a few left (they seem to be very hard to find nowadays). Hopefully the...

It seems the CB Gods has smiled down at me. My radio is finally on its way to see a doctor for full check up! Got it off Amazon and I never felt it was working right, but it was a $35 Uniden Grant LT. I should have considered the difficulty of finding good and honest CB technicians, a lesson...

Here's another plus a Turner Sidekick. http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=23711337 currently $56.oo

I agree!! These older radios are much more valuable with out mods. The Grant XL is one of the best radios ever made and radios like that should be left alone. I also agree with your view regarding Snake Radio. He quoted me $300.00 just to look at my radio (before doing any tuning and...

Update on the RG6.... I've decided to stop using the RG6. Everything except the TX worked great. I got a low SWR with nice receive, however I think it has too much loss. Makes a good dummy load though or tv cable. WIll be working with regular RG58 from now on. The antenna situation for work...

I drive a Avalon with a sunroof so drilling holes on top of the roof isn't an option since the glass slides towards the rear. On the positive side, the Tram 3500 came in yesterday and the bleed through has stopped. It has a nice mount but the whip seems weak (time will tell). Despite this, it...

Made my first skip contact since getting this radio ( a month now)! I was sitting at a parking lot of a local shopping mall and listening to a large amount of skip on 38 lower and like many time before, I gave a shout out without any expectations of a reply and BANG....someone in Chicago...

Finally made my first skip contact after a month of trying!!! I was sitting at the parking lot of a local shopping mall and noticed a large amount of skip rolling in on 38 lsb and as always put a call out and to my surprise, someone from Chicago responded (it a moment to realize he was replying...

Everything sounds good. Going to double check all the connections tomorrow. Damn man, I would be dropping off my car at the local Catholic church if all that happened to me. Or turn off the radio...... I know and wholeheartedly agree. But to me signal bleeding like this only means I'm...

Got you! I happen to have a few laying around. thx!

Firstly, I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong location. Hopefully someone one will have some insight regarding my issue. I am currently running a RM kl 203p in my car. When I use it with my Grant XT on SSB the audio will start to bleed into my stereo. This does not happen when I am on AM...

Thanks for the encouragement. I think this Grant LT is not performing as it should ( I don't know). It may be best to purchase another radio (looking at the Uniden 980) and keep trying before I totally hang it up.

Lol! I've been looking at the 980 as a replacement for my aging Grant XT, however that beep thing has kept me away. I've been searching for the new units (without the beep) but I think it is a myth. So I will most likely have to do the simple mod myself.....I better start praying now cause...

I wish it was as simple as picking up some screws from the store. Keep in mind, you need to get both the bolt size and thread count. Anyhow, I think I'm going to sell the Grant XT...... giving up trying to get back into the cb thing. There really isn't much going on anymore. Thanks anyhow.

Easy question which I have not been able to get an answer for. What size are the bracket knobs for a Unident LX/LT? I don't think it's 5mm, the holes looks to small. Any help would be appreciated.

My greatest concern about the rg58u for video is the shield. It may not be copper and it may have too much loss. I think reception would be okay but transmitting may be under par when compared to regular RG58u for communications. BTW, I thought RG59U was special coax only for co-phase. I could...

True that! Or so I thought. I purchased an Uniden Grant LT thinking the same thing. But as often the case, the radio has been modded and needs a complete tune up. Now I'm thinking about that it's best to buy a brand new radio such as the 980. It is very hard to find "older" radios that have not...

Hmmm.....just when I thought I had things figured out. I did try and search but I couldn't really get any answers. http://www.ultraproducts.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1725552&CatId=1213 It's a 50ft @ $8. but if it doesn't work well on CB than it doesn't matter. Why...

So I'm trying to determine if RG58U coax that is used for video purposes is the same type of cable that is used with radio equipment. Has anyone heard of RG58U being used for video? Is the cable different from those used for CB? The only difference I can think of is maybe the shield isn't copper...