High powered mobil radio through a triple mag mount.

[Varmonter]

“ . . On the other hand it's hard to beleive that technology hasn't surpassed a true 1/4 wave whip since it's inception.”

Thought I’d answered that . . for highway speed.

I can’t really tell a difference when stopped.
It might on SSB DX. Parked on an open hilltop.

I swap in the 108” as a reference.

This is with a far better radio and systems than he’s using (PRESIDENT Lincoln II V.3 and DSP outboard devices plus my choice of amps).

IOW, there aren’t good reasons to any longer favor the quarter-wave for rooftop. If there was I’d run it for highway.

Almost any 7’ is going to be competitive once location is set. It gets down to range sensitivity which his radio lacks, firstly, and details with systems, secondarily likely missing on his.

The biggest change he’d see would be with the latter (non-antenna) half of things.

IMO, 150W average as max for mobile does the job. That ends that portion of things. Distortion, etc, are a real thing given 11M “quality”. And it needs help re RF Bonds, etc, to do that in any sense “clean”.

To Hear, and Get Heard. The other men have obsolete (pre-2023 radio designs) in really bad systems which are poorly-installed is how to look at it.

The goal with one's own radio rig is to overcome the deficiencies of the other mans rig such that we can communicate for the longest time/distance.

27.185 at 300-days/year at 12-14 hours/day equalling above 3,000-hours/year as a truck driver running nationwide is where I hang my hat fighting through paid agitator Skip and the rest of modern world interference.

My personal vehicle still has a ways to go, but it’s details. Tests, charts, etc. Quantify the Qualities. Get more from less.

Clarity is how the game is now played. Power is a rightly-maligned crutch from the old days. Ditch 1989 and join 2024.

Post in thread 'New to CB and New to the Forum...'
New to CB and New to the Forum...

This is of one of our contributors who from May of this year to ten days ago got himself a state-of-the-art high performance radio rig into his daily work vehicle. Started from scratch. Put that bit in his teeth and wouldn’t compromise.

The on-air regulars in his area are dumbfounded at his clarity & range . . from a mobile.

2024 is nothing like 1989. Decades of “experienced opinion” of what works and why aren’t any longer worth anything if short of Amateur Radio quality installation and very latest gear which rivals or bests names like ICOM in this narrower role. And it’s not expensive.

The thread linked is a pleasure. Take the ride.

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Thanks for an interesting journey.it gives me alot to ponder about my own rig and that of a good friends..
I'm sure I'll have more questions..

 

[Varmonter]

Post #21 here has a picture CB Base antenna for a Camper Trailer

The foil backed refrigerator magnet material is a separate thing that sticks on the vehicle as close as possible to the antenna mag mount. I think the sheet wide braid bonding it to the antenna mount is important.h

His stuff came in the mail and he put it together..He said his swr seemed to go down a bit and power outage on am went up some but still not the 600w he was expecting..the most he saw on his power meter was 468w/630 on am/swr respectively. He said that was about 50w increase..
I think he may be getting closer to making a proper "drill the hole" installation..🤣

 

[slowmover]

Glad that advice is taking hold.

Given that test instruments can be off a fair amount, the exact number doesn’t mean much. As the power increase from 465 to 600 isn’t what anyone is going to detect.

They’re still gonna follow him down an off-ramp one day for stepping on everyone around.

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[prcguy]

His stuff came in the mail and he put it together..He said his swr seemed to go down a bit and power outage on am went up some but still not the 600w he was expecting..the most he saw on his power meter was 468w/630 on am/swr respectively. He said that was about 50w increase..
I think he may be getting closer to making a proper "drill the hole" installation..🤣

Can you get pictures of how the stuff was put together and also antenna location?

 

[Varmonter]

Can you get pictures of how the stuff was put together and also antenna location?

I'll be going over there

Can you get pictures of how the stuff was put together and also antenna location?

I'll be going over there tommorrow I'll snap a few pics..

 

[Varmonter]

Glad that advice is taking hold.

Given that test instruments can be off a fair amount, the exact number doesn’t mean much. As the power increase from 465 to 600 isn’t what anyone is going to detect.

They’re still gonna follow him down an off-ramp one day for stepping on everyone around.

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The 460 was am the 600 was ssb. So it's all relative. The increase was same meter same day only thing changed was the
Copper foil thingy on the roof..
Ha ..he's a big boy and is generally armed..🤣 "I pity the fool"

 

[slowmover]

I went inside at a truck stop once. Parked in fuel lane. Not gone three minutes. But when I got back, gone was a $100 antenna. He took the one not covered by station camera.

Plenty of folks around, too.

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[Varmonter]

I went inside at a truck stop once. Parked in fuel lane. Not gone three minutes. But when I got back, gone was a $100 antenna. He took the one not covered by station camera.

Plenty of folks around, too.

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Sorry that happened to you..Thieves are everywhere. I suppose that happens once. And you find yourself looking at quick disconnects..