Three base stations

[Jtcindric]

Greetings all, first post here. I was lifted three older base stations, a realistic dx-160, a courier conqueror 2, and a JcPenney 6237.

I am looking for either manuals, or information for setup. I've no idea if they are functional beyond powering on. There are other questions, like I've got a giant metal pole I'd like to strap to my chimney, ground, to use as an antenna, do I need standard unshielded coax, or how could I set up an antenna, and can I use the antenna for either only one base station or for multiple if it so can be done.


I Apologize in advance if this is in the wrong forum, please let me know the correct and I'll go there, thanks.

 

[K4EET]

Hi @Jtcindric and welcome to Radio Reference!

Have you tried Googling to find the manuals?

I quickly Googled the DX-160 receiver and found this as a PDF:

REALISTIC DX-160 OWNER'S MANUAL Pdf Download

View and Download Realistic DX-160 owner's manual online. 5-band solid state communications receiver. DX-160 receiver pdf manual download.

www.manualslib.com

That website has an extensive collection of manuals. See if you can find the other two at:

ManualsLib - Makes it easy to find manuals online!

www.manualslib.com

 

[kc8kek]

Welcome to the forums...there are plenty of good youtube videos on setting up your first base station, watching a couple of those will probably get you pointed in the right direction on the antenna...but but essentially you need a dedicated CB antenna (can't be a random length pipe, etc), and one antenna per radio....though you can use the CB antenna for the receiver if you want - just not when it's connected to the CB.

Don't go nuts on the antenna right away though - go cheap and simple til you make sure the radios are good.

 

[Jtcindric]

That's good advice, and I feel dumb for not thinking to check youtube. I use it for everything else. I am going to find a dedicated antenna, one of those wire types. I need one of those pl-259 connectors. But I thought that I can use the length of pipe, run it up the side of my house and attach the antenna wire to it. Then all I've got to do is expand a hole to run the cable through it, and connect.

Also do I need some sort of license for these radios? I've got them from the mil, and fils name is on there with some sort of fcc record.

 

[chief21]

Also do I need some sort of license for these radios? I've got them from the mil, and fils name is on there with some sort of fcc record.

The Courier and the JCP are both CB radios - no license required. CB radios work best with an outside CB vertical base station antenna, up in the air.
The DX-160 is a "shortwave" receiver. This receiver will work best with a long wire antenna, an active loop, or similar.