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SKIP Problems in Noise Abatement.

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Intro video by retailer of QT60 (same besides name as Q5) with how he sets them up.

Discussion starting at 12:50 re Clarity.

“Power” is all well & good, but clarity defines being heard.

There are levels of “distortion” among the radio systems and operating conditions. Subject layers, connected. A general theme.

Call it noise or what-have-you what we need is that words come thru fully and distinctly at the TX end.

This can be measured. “Seen”.

The fixes to other system components are much easier, thenceforth, given clarity is the goal.

To Hear, . . . and to Get Heard.

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For older design radios:


 

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In “getting closer” (max signal capture while working with DX):

On AT5555-N2 radio (or QT60) have found that NRC RX 3 still winds up best overall, but now use Hi-Cut during the daylight hours and not once it’s dark. (ANL & NB also engaged while in this Freightliner).

Most of what’s desirable is to be able to monitor 12-14/hours without undue aggravation. Audio quality emphasized, not speaking of content; ironically even the worst content is easier to ignore over its span by this focus.

Pre-dawn (greatest local activity) the use of daytime DX as foil has paid off handsomely in performance when Skip is not in play.

Once one has weaned away ones irritability, small audio changes play a beneficial role. The repetitive daily stupidity becomes old hat and is no longer as much of a bar to what’s going on around one.

Have been on the northern Great Plains the past couple of days with maybe a couple more to come. More users than in the South is the impression.

The worst base station offenders are along the southern tier of the USA. SoCal, AZ, NM, OK, and FL & NC.

PA and IL have a couple, but I don’t seem to hear them often.

This is seven-days/week. Same buttwipes.

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A vid about two antennas and SNR change.

The audio is such it represents the difference between an NRC radio plus other abatements applied as per this thread in mobile.

The Yagi is close, but not actually noisy enough (your Cobra 29 with a cheap mag-mount) as it’s a better set of ears than a mobile.

Ones radio system flat comes alive when heavy Skip is gone given work done.

Love your enemy.

 

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Trucks are difficult, plus $$$$ (about $600 as shown).

Your personal vehicle nowhere near as much.

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I’m down to the last couple of daylight hours being overpowering.

This doesn’t stop local comms with other drivers who’ve made some efforts.

— Part of the solution is that men relay messages over distances.

Be capable of same.

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Skip not quite as bad of late.

Better your radio system, the more obvious this becomes.
 

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Great thread..couldn't agree more with your respect for the travelers channel..
I've taken alot of what you've written here Slowmover and put it into practice. I grew weary of waiting for the dsp units to come back in stock and took a chance on a used WM DSP processor on ebay..what a difference that has made in my rangers receive..It really is a game changer like you said..I've also incorporated some cmc filtering and have gotton good reports on the clarity of my mobile tx. Skip on 31am the other day brought some good reports on my radio tx as far as Montreal from Ga..as well as new england..seems I mostly hit the northeast from here in GA..we will be on the road again come winters end for about 6 weeks as we meander up to Oregon for our summer gig..I will be making changes and buttoning up my station for the trip..
 

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Great thread..couldn't agree more with your respect for the travelers channel..
I've taken alot of what you've written here Slowmover and put it into practice. I grew weary of waiting for the dsp units to come back in stock and took a chance on a used WM DSP processor on ebay..what a difference that has made in my rangers receive..It really is a game changer like you said..I've also incorporated some cmc filtering and have gotton good reports on the clarity of my mobile tx. Skip on 31am the other day brought some good reports on my radio tx as far as Montreal from Ga..as well as new england..seems I mostly hit the northeast from here in GA..we will be on the road again come winters end for about 6 weeks as we meander up to Oregon for our summer gig..I will be making changes and buttoning up my station for the trip..

Am pleased you’ve made it off of the sidelines!
It really is a whole new world. An otherwise good radio (old tech) needs DSP to clean up what it can receive. (More than what was suspected).

— CMC/RF Chokes/Filters are well worth the trouble once one has DSP to detect the difference.

AM-19 itself just needs more men to speak up. Talk to who’s around them. That tends to drive off some of the nenards. Makes a better day for everyone.

And it’s flat funny to get compliments while on-road from distant Skip, as, “Hey, hold on, I gotta change highways”, tends to surprise those who didn’t realize we were mobile (DSP).

On my way in/out of Ft Worth today spoke with both Maryland 1,300-miles away, and those around me for about a 13-mile radius on AM-19.

In the world of Skip, Clarity is King.

Enjoy the travels!

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One of the few men online posting about UFO and alien tech who’s worth following (many subjects besides) has a years-old desire to convert his GMC Motorhome to a floaty RV . . .

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. . wonder how Air Traffic Control will react to his zero-point tech sudden appearances, right?

“Hey, Corndodger, that’ch yew I got comin’ in red hot S-SE at FL37?”

So . . we ain’t retired. We’re gettin’ warmed-up on this high-speed radio thing.

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I give up here, have a couple of locals here I talk to, but once the idiots get channell activity, forget having a conversation.
 

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Say, goodbye, to 1989.

Say, hello, to 2023.

Clarity is King

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My God what a small world.... I heard your SlowMover name mentioned in that video.... you have made the big leagues!!!!
 

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My God what a small world.... I heard your SlowMover name mentioned in that video.... you have made the big leagues!!!!
I'm very honorred to be on Simon the Wizards page

but I have no idea how he finds a video I've done... I make terrible videos and only have about 300 subscribers

SlowMover, how are you finding these?
are you suggesting them to Simons page? I don't mind, really I don't ...as I said it's quite an honnor.... but I'm bewildered how my boring video's are getting on a danish page?

I guess I'll stop wondering and just be happy that they are.
and someone thinks their pretty good.

hey he even Quoted SlowMover in the video Description.... calling NRC a "Game Changer" ...if anyone mentions NRC and Game Changer... they have to give credit to SlowMover... maybe Simon didn't know?
 
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I'm very honorred to be on Simon the Wizards page

but I have no idea how he finds a video I've done... I make terrible videos and only have about 300 subscribers

SlowMover, how are you finding these?
are you suggesting them to Simons page? I don't mind, really I don't ...as I said it's quite an honnor.... but I'm bewildered how my boring video's are getting on a danish page?

I guess I'll stop wondering and just be happy that they are.
and someone thinks their pretty good.

hey he even Quoted SlowMover in the video Description.... calling NRC a "Game Changer" ...if anyone mentions NRC and Game Changer... they have to give credit to SlowMover... maybe Simon didn't know?

I’ve tried to do my part as someone who has used CB constantly in my working life to alert others that best mobile really makes a difference.

I’m glad he’s picked up on your videos. His constant daily survey of the world of CB (and related) may mean he’s a reader, here. Maybe a member. That’s thanks enough in my book.

You’re doing what others haven’t except maybe with friends. All the editing, etc, is not what most consider to be “fun”. We live among men who believe their 3-4/hours of canned entertainment is a constitutional right: none shall violate daily brain-off.

As to my description of NRC (DSP) as a game-changer it’s allied with proper install. Can’t put the cart before the horse. Known far & wide long before my emphasis.

I’ve tried to use phrases easily remembered, not really mine except by repetition:

Clarity is King

Height is Might

Do it Once, and Do it Right

The goal is to overcome the deficiencies of the other mans rig.

2023 gear, not 1989.


Wouldn’t you say — from your experience — that we are all of us better off with more men seeking best radio performance?

Post in thread 'Old man stuck in "old-school"'
Old man stuck in "old-school"

Some will care about the tech side. Most just want to:

Hear, and Get Heard.

I’d say that in a short time more will have seen your videos than have waded thru my posts & threads. If, together (with all others), men realize that CB isn’t a toy we achieve our true thanks, IMO.

If it weren’t for Allen Applegate

www.k0bg.com

I wouldn’t have had a reference work by which to learn (We stand on the shoulders of giants). I also had help at WWDX and at RR. Interpreting for big truck was a great deal more work/expense than what automobile owners face, but the end result is the same desire.

@mmckenna and @prcguy (and others) are outstanding contributors. Main interest may be elsewhere, but problem-solving is its own reward.

Today isn’t 2005. Nor is it yet 2030. The trend is to higher risk on the road the past three decades. Radio — more than just CB — looks still like a practical reaction for the family man.

Getting men past the emotional blocks is the hard part. Especially for speaking up in best fashion as modeled behavior.

I’d say it’s a relief that men find your work given your interest in handheld radio. An oasis in which to tarry awhile. Especially now that Randy III has integrated NRC.

Portable, Mobile & Handheld Citizen Band has come of age. Momentum is underway as old warhorses peer out of the stable.

I expect that it’ll be the RV’er who shows us that integration best. As ANTENNA becomes more the focus.

Q: What’s the practical range for a tripod-mount vertical at a remote campsite for those on foot or on ATV? How well can ground-wave connect him to a roads junction in X-air miles? Etc.

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I’m all in favor of other radio service, but the limitations inherent to VHF/UHF are one factor not as important as ubiquity.

That RV’er is watching your work as a newbie, today.

Like most recently @billdean, some more men will show up on these pages and we’ll all benefit thereby as yet another step is taken by his efforts. Built on steps earlier taken by others.

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One of those steps will be Signal Analysis.

Signal Strength.

As digital devices make easier the tasks of comparisons.

What’s Important
And, Why.


Missed a chance with an RV’er elsewhere in trying to get him to understand that just because he hears some radio traffic doesn’t mean he has even an “adequate” mobile antenna.

I’m just gonna call those, “zip-tied antennas”.

Some s-s numbers attached to a claim about performance are always going to be welcome.
Send a man to a source for his own investigation.

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Is my antenna good?

Location
Height
Length
Design

And, where & how do the following (plus others) matter:

RF Bond
Coax Choke
Coax Filter
(BPF?)


— Where dial-in with NANO-VNA then Signal Analysis make it easier to guide them and us: Now have bonded exhaust system. Any change?

An overlooked tool as a DIY aid (till now) may be this wireless mic to test one’s own radio system without needing a second mobile unit:


— What’s a proper minimum distance for analyzing signal strength?

906 mic range is 100M advertised, but I’ve seen videos where 200M looks possible.


UNIDEN BC906W

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Just tell the wife that the STEINER laser range-finder binoculars is a necessary purchase for, “ah, several important uses”

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Here’s an example for both stationary ATV or handheld. RV at a rest area.


Compact. Easy to set. But worth the squeeze?

Something more than, I like mine, is desirable.


1). NRC is a huge help with Skip.
2). This antenna may show VG numbers.
3). But with Skip underway I’m not getting my locals worth beans.

Then the old hands can step in to suggest changes to antenna location, configuration, etc.

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