FPR1981
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My brother is a recovering addict who, before his addiction, was a jack of all trades. He can work on anything, whether it's electronic or mechanical.
I dropped him off a box with a Midland mobile CB, a regulated power supply, external speaker and a dipole because I wanted to get him back into radio to give him yet another positive outlet.
He asked if I had a magnet Mount so that he could put a CB in his 2010 Murano. So I thought sure, I'll get him something cheap.
Having been blown away by the Tram 300 and 3500 magnet mount antennas, I was going to just get him a 300 on Prime. Well, the 300's on there arent currently Prime eligible, but the Tram 703 HC is. Plus, its 21 bucks shipped and was next-day eligible.
It's nothing special. It's small, and cheap. But I figured if I could get it tuned to a good SWR, it would be usable.
I pulled the Hustler 100-IC-S off my wife's Pilot and put the Tram on. Having fought to get the Hustler tuned on the lower part of the band, I expected issues.
Right out of the box I had a 1.2 on Channel 1 and a 1.3 on channel 40.
Wow, that's good enough not to mess with.
So then came the range testing. I drove to get my stepson from his work, four miles away, and my wife sat at my Cobra 135 XLR with a Sirio 27 5/8 ground plane.
Every step of the four miles, she said I was static free and loud.
I am going to do more range testing tomorrow, but for 21 bucks, I'm more than pleasantly surprised thus far. I think I'm going to buy one or two to have around as spares, or for friends who I get into CB to take and use.
I dropped him off a box with a Midland mobile CB, a regulated power supply, external speaker and a dipole because I wanted to get him back into radio to give him yet another positive outlet.
He asked if I had a magnet Mount so that he could put a CB in his 2010 Murano. So I thought sure, I'll get him something cheap.
Having been blown away by the Tram 300 and 3500 magnet mount antennas, I was going to just get him a 300 on Prime. Well, the 300's on there arent currently Prime eligible, but the Tram 703 HC is. Plus, its 21 bucks shipped and was next-day eligible.
It's nothing special. It's small, and cheap. But I figured if I could get it tuned to a good SWR, it would be usable.
I pulled the Hustler 100-IC-S off my wife's Pilot and put the Tram on. Having fought to get the Hustler tuned on the lower part of the band, I expected issues.
Right out of the box I had a 1.2 on Channel 1 and a 1.3 on channel 40.
Wow, that's good enough not to mess with.
So then came the range testing. I drove to get my stepson from his work, four miles away, and my wife sat at my Cobra 135 XLR with a Sirio 27 5/8 ground plane.
Every step of the four miles, she said I was static free and loud.
I am going to do more range testing tomorrow, but for 21 bucks, I'm more than pleasantly surprised thus far. I think I'm going to buy one or two to have around as spares, or for friends who I get into CB to take and use.