This. Why? Just... why do you need to pump out 650 watts?
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Just another bad splatter device
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slowmover
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Always specify Mobile or Base.
Yeah, that’s an impressively ugly install.
Added a smoke disbursal fan, he did.
Think his antenna has LED TX lights?
Should ask, instead, about the base stations running their type-accepted 1K watt gear on 11M. Not rare, but . . not a splatter box!
Antenna System Spec is determinant as to who’s the problem.
Hear, and Get Heard doesn’t take much.
(If it wasn’t needed, none would purchase).
Clarity is what matters to lower risk and help one’s fellows while underway.
Klown Kar Ken goes by fairly fast.
But good luck getting the miles past some Amateur Extras locally or during Skip.
It ain’t the gear.
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Yeah, that’s an impressively ugly install.
Added a smoke disbursal fan, he did.
Think his antenna has LED TX lights?
Should ask, instead, about the base stations running their type-accepted 1K watt gear on 11M. Not rare, but . . not a splatter box!
Antenna System Spec is determinant as to who’s the problem.
Hear, and Get Heard doesn’t take much.
(If it wasn’t needed, none would purchase).
Clarity is what matters to lower risk and help one’s fellows while underway.
Klown Kar Ken goes by fairly fast.
But good luck getting the miles past some Amateur Extras locally or during Skip.
It ain’t the gear.
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niceguy71
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people just can't stand the fact that others only use 4 watts... so they need to ruin and destroy any chance of others having any fun.
people suck!
I listen to my locals and all the guys on 37 / 38 LSB and its incredible how many users say they have the Quad 5 ( 5555 N II )... they all easily talk to several towns all around me... and the guys that blow my speaker out on LSB ..80% seem to have the Quad 5's too.
so I got one too.... I joined the club and have a lot of fun.. I keep the power knob to about 9 to 10 watts... that seems to be the perfect spot... I talk to all the locals ( we have about 15 to 20 plus people in 8 towns surrounding me on base stations ) most have the Quad 5 or a modified Stryker SR-955HPC putting out 100 watts!.. I hardly ever hear a stock 4 watt radio.... when I do it's on an 18 wheeler and I only hear them for under a minute and their GONE.... they can hear me.. but I can't hear them.
sadly because the 4 watts just can't get the job done
yes I know if everyone used an FCC legal radio then all the 4 watt radios would be able to do the skip and talk locally for 5 or 6 miles.... but that is just not the world we live in.
people suck!
I listen to my locals and all the guys on 37 / 38 LSB and its incredible how many users say they have the Quad 5 ( 5555 N II )... they all easily talk to several towns all around me... and the guys that blow my speaker out on LSB ..80% seem to have the Quad 5's too.
so I got one too.... I joined the club and have a lot of fun.. I keep the power knob to about 9 to 10 watts... that seems to be the perfect spot... I talk to all the locals ( we have about 15 to 20 plus people in 8 towns surrounding me on base stations ) most have the Quad 5 or a modified Stryker SR-955HPC putting out 100 watts!.. I hardly ever hear a stock 4 watt radio.... when I do it's on an 18 wheeler and I only hear them for under a minute and their GONE.... they can hear me.. but I can't hear them.
sadly because the 4 watts just can't get the job done
yes I know if everyone used an FCC legal radio then all the 4 watt radios would be able to do the skip and talk locally for 5 or 6 miles.... but that is just not the world we live in.
Which is why I'm going for my ham license. I'll keep these radios so I can use the 10 and 12 m bands and 11 m for emergencies if need be, but I don't think I'll be making any local contacts on 11 m. There's just no local traffic going on here. I suppose I might get lucky and make a contact on skip when conditions are right.
I'm doing a 2-week road trip from North Carolina to Arizona in May. I don't think I'll have my license for ham by then, so that'll be an opportunity for me to see what 11 m traffic is like out on the highway.
There might be, but maybe you just haven’t stumbled upon them yet.
Most people have moved to SSB. Probably due to less people still using a CB vs how many there was back in the 70’s-90’s before cell phones and the internet. The people that are left generally aren’t living in close proximity to each other any more. So SSB makes sense. The 15 or so “locals” i talk to are anywhere from 5-70+ miles away from me. Most everybody around here jumps on 38 LSB at night after DX dies off for the evening. Generally 8pm-midnight. Also as much as i despise Facebarf, i found a statewide (WI) CB group on it. In there i found what channels/frequencies different parts of the state use, and that’s where i found a weekly net on 33 LSB and a group of guys 45 miles away on 23 LSB that are within my base stations RX/TX range. So don’t give up on 11m. Do a little digging and maybe you’ll also find some “locals” in your area.
slowmover
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1). Asheville is at one of the busiest commercial junctions in the American Southeast. Coming up IH-26 then heading west on IH-40 (to Texas or West Coast); or, to intercept IH-81 (to NYC); or, IH-75 (to Chicago).
— It’s a mega-region pivot-point.
Radios are on CH-19.
The threads in which I broke out details of truck driver patterns and of how to deal with Skip . . if it means getting up at 0300 weekday to learn radio use against having found out where my system intercepts the big roads mobile back to base . . it’ll be well spent to adjust/alter/modify system and operator in the future.
2). The balance of transceiver controls against yet others potential can yield results:
— I move from one brand of radio to another; from one model to another . . and weak signal RX is still a game of stalking.
As today is Monday, last Thursday is gone.
3). With success (among others) I’ve used the, treat the coax ends concept, to improve S/NR. Antenna feedpoint choke and a filter at the transceiver.
4). For my use chasing performance hasn’t been optional. There’s no AM-19 substitute.
— Leveraging information gathered paid back my expensive mobile system 2-3X annually past keeping me out of some genuinely dangerous situations. I can also be of service in manifold ways as a result.
I might spend . . but the results are found between operator ears.
I know antenna design, length, height matter.
In the same way I also know that extension speaker design, location and space acoustic matter.
The bad actors are gonna get weeded out.
Keep on.
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— It’s a mega-region pivot-point.
Radios are on CH-19.
The threads in which I broke out details of truck driver patterns and of how to deal with Skip . . if it means getting up at 0300 weekday to learn radio use against having found out where my system intercepts the big roads mobile back to base . . it’ll be well spent to adjust/alter/modify system and operator in the future.
2). The balance of transceiver controls against yet others potential can yield results:
— I move from one brand of radio to another; from one model to another . . and weak signal RX is still a game of stalking.
As today is Monday, last Thursday is gone.
3). With success (among others) I’ve used the, treat the coax ends concept, to improve S/NR. Antenna feedpoint choke and a filter at the transceiver.
4). For my use chasing performance hasn’t been optional. There’s no AM-19 substitute.
— Leveraging information gathered paid back my expensive mobile system 2-3X annually past keeping me out of some genuinely dangerous situations. I can also be of service in manifold ways as a result.
I might spend . . but the results are found between operator ears.
I know antenna design, length, height matter.
In the same way I also know that extension speaker design, location and space acoustic matter.
The bad actors are gonna get weeded out.
Keep on.
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niceguy71
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I thought no one was in my area either... I listened for months... never heard anyone???
someone on Radio Reference said the guys in my area use channel 27?? the Radio Reference guy lived well past my radio coverage.. maybe 25 miles away in a pretty heavily populated area.... so I figured that area with thousands of residents probably do use 27.. but I could never reach them.
so I started listening to Channel 27... never heard anyone?? then one night out of frustration I said anyone out there??? and several people came back??? they said they may not always talk but they ALWAYS listen waiting for someone to talk to.
I was really shocked.... I talked with them and they said there is a large group that talk on 27 every night after 6pm to around 11pm.... I normally have supper and watch TV after 6pm...... so I made a point of going out to my shack ( garage ) about 8pm we had a ball!!! great guys... they are on every night... I told my friends about it and they joined in too...
if it wasn't for someone telling me what time and what channel I would still be thinking CB in my area is dead!
I did find some info from FB as well. Local channels that people say the frequent are 24, 27, 33 & 34. They didn't specify AM or SSB so I scan both but no joy yet. I still listen a few nights a week. Might find some at some point.
slowmover
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Have locals starting a club here. This is beyond my little “gated community”. A cookout last weekend. Meet & Greet.
Changed my languishing mobile set-up plans (also as the Lincoln caught a cold). My son is back to work on his HF Mobile and reports success in learning to solder (“it” is in the air).
We get someone around here to assemble a base as nice as the OP, it’ll change perceptions of what’s desirable in a radio rig mobile or stationary. (That video linked several times).
Leave the splatter boxes to the Yadkin Valley Yee-Haws.
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niceguy71
Active Member
don't just listen... you may find out that many others are listening too... it's funny I know many people turn them on in the back ground just listening???
so don't be afraid to ask if anyone's out there??? say it a couple times on different channels...
so many people just waiting and listening for ??? someone to ask for a radio check maybe??? that's a poor way to find someone to talk to.
slowmover
Active Member
I’ve volunteered myself for this.
I want to know what the topographical restraints may be where I live.
So the topo map is already being prepared: River Valley distances versus Highway landmark or mile markers (elevation correlates).
As a joint undertaking.
Daylight and Dark.
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This^^^ key up, see if someone might be listening. I run into this all the time on other bands. If everyone is listening and waiting, who's gonna know there's anyone there to talk to? It costs nothing to get on there and call out, you may never get an answer but then again??....
