RV Camper Vertical Dipole

[prcguy]

Guess we could market a special edition RR Radio Installer Box with letters of endorsement.

They run a little higher than in the 1970s

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We'll buy them new, leave um outside for a year then bash them up with a hammer and resell for 2X what we paid. You buy the first batch.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

We'll buy them new, leave um outside for a year then bash them up with a hammer and resell for 2X what we paid. You buy the first batch.

My parents were into "distressed furniture" for a while. Apparently that was a thing.

 

[slowmover]

My parents were into "distressed furniture" for a while. Apparently that was a thing.

Then you’ll lead the way distressing an E.F. Johnson Viking Kilowatt

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Then you’ll lead the way distressing an E.F. Johnson Viking Kilowatt

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That might distress my light bill! It would be cool on 11 meters however.

 

[prcguy]

I temporarily mounted my home made CB/10m EFHW to a mast at a mountain cabin and it’s working great. It went together in about 1 min and has a good match over CB through about 28.7MHz. I made a few contacts on 10m across the country just fine with 60w. This is the antenna I cobbled together in post #25 and I still think this is about the best you can do for an RV Camper Vertical Dipole.

 

[slowmover]

I temporarily mounted my home made CB/10m EFHW to a mast at a mountain cabin and it’s working great. It went together in about 1 min and has a good match over CB through about 28.7MHz. I made a few contacts on 10m across the country just fine with 60w. This is the antenna I cobbled together in post #25 and I still think this is about the best you can do for an RV Camper Vertical Dipole.

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That’s much appreciated.

This’ll be a slow-moving project. The winter storm in which we are in the midst has allowed some timely comments regarding road conditions (over an inch of frozen sleet) and about small concerns thru the day where CB is an aid.

Phones have their place, but radio is often faster and more to-the-point (as I hope others will see).

It’s not enough to describe how truckers deal with road problems. Snowed-in at the truck stop, but the Interstate within view is moving . . . but sixteen miles west, it isn’t . The driver starts his work clock there’s no way to turn it off. No radio used from safe parking incurred penalties for productivity, hazard and general frustration.

We had an ambulance and fire truck here yesterday. I spoke with the driver of the former. On their outbound trip to the county hospital the fire truck lost its tire chains and slid off the road.

Among those who witnessed their departure were a couple who tried to get to town and barely made it back safely.

There is that when CB is superior: Ebb & Flow of interest against real-time information . . and info from phone calls or Net data is secondary when the Aether is gathering energy.

Campground Radio where both AM & FM have their place for general or isolated conversations comes to the fore during such. Cabin Fever (today is Day Five of lowest risk), or poor planning requiring food & meds. The road hazard is genuine. C-R is an easier way for others to share provisions or provide workarounds than group chat text.

This morning marks where several younger men are going to load about 1,000-lbs of firewood into a pickup bed such that it’s owner can attempt to visit his hospitalized wife after emergency surgery. I keep 2,000-lbs in mine full-time and am glad no emergency entices me.


— Getting an antenna up and using waypoints past first boundaries should be interesting. Points from which to make reports.

Cloud with silver lining: That man going outbound or returning inbound in bad road conditions would have both duty and a life vest via neighbors concerned given mobile CB and at least one antenna system here could hear him.

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[RFI-EMI-GUY]

SLOWMOVER I don't think this is specifically prohibited (who really cares) but you could set up a high performance/low noise CB radio/antenna at your campground, say on CB Channel 14 and then wire a "FRS radio" (Pyramid SVR200U) to relay FRS channel 14 for campground use. Those who adopt CB mobiles can communicate those back home on FRS.

 

[slowmover]

SLOWMOVER I don't think this is specifically prohibited (who really cares) but you could set up a high performance/low noise CB radio/antenna at your campground, say on CB Channel 14 and then wire a "FRS radio" (Pyramid SVR200U) to relay FRS channel 14 for campground use. Those who adopt CB mobiles can communicate those back home on FRS.

I’m grateful. Something for me to look into.

We had some problems with days of solid ice ground cover here and I found a few instances about “campground radio” that were well-received. Turning those into reality — groundswell — is the idea as already stated. This was a dark cloud silver lining.

Had genuine road problems. A broken hip next door saw the ambulance make it safely away, but not the accompanying fire truck once a few miles outbound. Nor some other vehicles. Text messages are too slow, and too limited in distribution.

Another arrow in the quiver is welcome.

Thanks

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