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I'd make that longer (more tie down points behind the light) so it can handle the up and down torque better.

Interesting. I wonder if it has to do with when we experienced it. Mine was probably 20 years ago.

I've seen more than one CB lights dim when transmitting via local power connections.

I run wire to the battery.

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:wow: this is cheaper than the Radio Shack meter I bought 20 years ago!

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I highly recommend an SWR Watt meter.

And if you can't get the CAL to the level Jon mention you may have bad final transistors.

I had an old Cobra 148 (that's all I can remember) and it had a built in SWR meter. Do they not put those in the radios any longer?

Listening to the talk over contests with the 2kw amps feeding the 4 element Moonraker antennas were hilarious.

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They just put that on there as a sales gimmick I think. I know some people want to run 100 watts to 300 watts at least. The antenna radiation and transfer of max power are far more important. We...

If you have to put out more than 4 watts, you're doing it wrong.

They must have paid $5 for it. They are $37 new.

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Boy now days it's damn cheap. Not taking the time into account to study for the test, the cost is less than $40 or more money than you'll ever have.

I think the test costs something like $7 to...

I bet that's true for 99% of the people that visit forums.

It's fun to talk about the complexity. I like understanding how things work. I remember how fascinating it was to find out that different sized antennas meant they were used for different things. ...

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You can use multiple antennas and a switch box, or you can use a loading coil. Coils are bad because they generate heat, which is a loss of power, but a mis-tuned antenna works better and is safer...

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A wave is the distance a certain radio frequency...

Most mobile antennas are 1/4 wave, which would be that 6.6' divided by 4 :rolleye0012:

Yeah and if you have a vice, a hack saw, a drill and a BF hammer you can make one pretty easy.

Really? I wouldn't expect that. I mean depending on band conditions I guess. I would think at night with no ionosphere prorogation you'd get 15 to 20 miles mobile to base. Best pattern would be...

Very true and FM less people, quieter, the list is long. The downside? You can't talk to that girl and the truck stop/rest area. ;o)

70cm antenna is even shorter!

Not my taste, but for practically...

CB run power all the way to the battery.

Mount a firestick on the front bumper. I don't think the fender lip would be strong enough.

You cable run would...