jhooten
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IF you just have to use a mag mount find a quality NMO mount and put a Larsen NMO-27 on it.
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Whats a good AM/SSB mobile
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I have found the Sirio 5000 mag mount last night on EBay for around $99.00 + shipping and tax . So around $119.00 . My only question is will the Sirio need tuned ?
ForestRunner98
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I ran my low this for 6 months. It actually worked great! Make sure you attach the metal decal on the bottom of the magmount before you skip the rubber boot on.
It’s pretty much tuned. Might have to raise the whip up or down a tad. Good set up!
jhooten
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Actually it is one of the easiest and most consistent CB mobile antennas I've used. Cut to the chart, fine tune by sliding the whip in and out of the ferrule.
slowmover
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Need separate SWR Meter and a short piece of coax to go from radio to meter to make things easiest. PDC 2 a good choice
Tune with doors, etc, closed and away from vehicles, buildings, power lines, trees, etc.
A high and remote spot in a clear field is “best”
How to Tune a CB Antenna | CB World
SWR
Get the little 1800 case at HARBOR FREIGHT to store meter & adapters and coax
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Tune with doors, etc, closed and away from vehicles, buildings, power lines, trees, etc.
A high and remote spot in a clear field is “best”
How to Tune a CB Antenna | CB World
SWR
Get the little 1800 case at HARBOR FREIGHT to store meter & adapters and coax
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slowmover
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slowmover
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Haven’t researched this much as topic, but if you’re on Sideband (especially):
https://www.hfpropagation.com/
Current Ham Radio Conditions - HAM Radio for Non-Techies
https://www.hfpropagation.com/
Current Ham Radio Conditions - HAM Radio for Non-Techies
Ok I'll have look that up and remember it .
btw when I put that mount together yesterday it came with a square sheet of pvc backing looks like aluminum foil ? . Should I add another sheet of foil just for better grounding ? . also do I need to rtv seal the coil or leave it be ?
btw when I put that mount together yesterday it came with a square sheet of pvc backing looks like aluminum foil ? . Should I add another sheet of foil just for better grounding ? . also do I need to rtv seal the coil or leave it be ?
slowmover
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slowmover
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Also:
It’s a learning curve to understand what’s what.
It’s a learning curve to understand what’s what.
Groundhog1960
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President McKinley radio and a Tram 3500 mag mt or Wilson 1000 mag mt antenna.
FiveFilter
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I've been using a Wilson 1000 mag mount for many years with excellent results. It's very similar to the Wilson 5000 with the main exception being that it's not able to handle as many Watts; but that would be an issue only for the Channel 6 super boys. :-/
Groundhog1960
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My Larsen tuned perfectly. I did have to cut the stinger a few times but, I got the SWR down
to 1.1 to 1.2 from channel 40 to channel 1.
I have it mounted on a Tram 5 inch mag mount. The only thing I done was remove the RG58 coax from the Tram mag mount and replace it with LMR-240.
It's dead center on the top of my extended cab pickup truck. Works very well.
PS. Thinking about ordering the new President Lincoln ll V3.
Larry1275
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40 channels AM / FM / LSB / USB President Mckinley very good radio
RC4
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Out of Curiosity how much coax ofLMR are you using? I have a tri mount I just got and it has rg58 and it’s horrible! I have 9 feet of lmr 240 just wondering if that will work or should I use 14 or 18 feet? I’ll be mostly running a skipshooter s6 or a 102. I don’t think the 102 will do very well tbh because of the swr but I haven’t tried it yet with the new coax.
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