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  1. TXRiverRat

    CB Radio repair services

    Has anyone ever received any CB radio repair services from "CB Man" (CBMANTN@gmail.com)? Pros/Cons; He’s set up at a truck stop in TN, and travels to several truck stops up and down the TN area Interstates. He’s had a couple of my radios for over 8 months and I’m not getting much assistance or...
  2. TXRiverRat

    Noise difference on SSB vs AM

    Just getting back into CBing , after almost 50 years, since early '70s. Use to be just a mobile user with a Realistic TRC 448, 40 chl, and talked "skip" all over, from down in the Alamo City. Now I'm using a mobile Galaxy DX959 as a base station with a Proton 99 antenna and a Twinpoint B-100...
  3. TXRiverRat

    Base station antenna -- ground plane addon kit

    Can the radials of a ground plane kit be mounted pointed upwards instead of downwards? I'm not a Ham or radio expert, just a CB dummy. I have a Procomm, Patriot 12, Omnidirection 1/2 wave fiberglass antenna mounted on a 16' mast, mounted against the side of my house. I have height...
  4. TXRiverRat

    CB radio base station, 110v elec noise interference

    I know in a car or truck you will experience frequency noise caused by the eng or elec system, but how can you eliminate or decrease a noise in a base station radio possibly caused by a 110v washing machine or even the motor of a paper shredder? When ever my wife is doing laundry, I get the...
  5. TXRiverRat

    Realistic TRC-448, 40 CHL SSB-AM

    Found a couple old TRC-448's. One was my late father-in-law's, and 1 I got off EBAY from a guy in Canada. The one from Ebay looks almost new, and the 1 from my father-in-law was sitting in an old garage for over 30+ years. Both seemed to work OK. Just looking for some thoughts as to...