Don't forget that we're currently in the years of low sunspot activity. This has a marked effect on CB frequencies. As solar activity improves in future years, so will CB activity.
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KD8DVR
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That's about right. The 510 is actually a good radio. The stock electret mics sound good. I only use electret mics. Much better transmitted sound quality. My HF amateur rig has one too.
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Well, cb activity may increase now. The band's are quiet, without the illegal long distance traffic. Cb is designed for short range communications. The illegals jammed up the channels.
Now, it can go back to the purpose it was designed for.
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I have thought about a base. If I could find and old astro - plane antenna I might consider it. In the 70s I had one of these base antennas and still feel it was the best omni directional base antenna of the time. Antenna was mounted on an 1.5 " pipe hose clamped to a piece of 2 " angle iron. Routine talks of twenty plus miles were common place. At the time I think I paid twenty eight dollars for that antenna.
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Well you can make a ground plane base antenna for only a few bucks! You just need some wire and a 2X2 board or PVC pole!!
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The Astroplane was a strange beast. A friend of mine had an Astrobeam. Another strange beast.
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Yep, I remember the Astroplane! A lot of people back then used to laugh at it and say that it looked like a lamp shade!!
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What kind of a question is that? RF power is RF power, be it AM or FM, the carrier level will not change with just the pure RF applied. Now if you yell into an AM radio with a steady tone or "AHHHHH" you might see some change, but it won't effect the true RF carrier level your looking to measure.
Now if we start talking SSB, then that is a whole different story and the question comes in are you looking at average power or peak power output? Here you can have a big difference in how the signal is measured.
Yep, I remember the Astroplane! A lot of people back then used to laugh at it and say that it looked like a lamp shade!!
When I first got it the friend that got me in to CB said it wasn't going to work well. It worked very good indeed on transmit and receive. I typically talked farther than his base, on a much shorter mast, at least 10 feet shorter.
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