Re: SSB CB Usage?
 

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:16:07 -0800, Outatime <user@example.net> wrote:

>Hootowl wrote:
>
>> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
>> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
>> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
>> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
>> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
>> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
>> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
>> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
>> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
>> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
>> but also dramatically less noise.
>
>Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
>70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
>bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ass.

Actually, that's (9 feet) a 1/4-wave whip. A full-wave CB antenna
would be 36 feet long. Telephone pole, anybody?
>
>I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
>believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
>even in the daytime.
>
>Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
>display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
>when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
>later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
> Bleh...all thieves must hang.

Re: SSB CB Usage?
 

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:16:07 -0800, Outatime <user@example.net> wrote:

>Hootowl wrote:
>
>> I've been using my Uniden PC-122 on a hump mount in my Jeep for some
>> 16 years, with an Antenna Specialists 108" stainless steel whip
>> antenna (that was also on my '65 Scout). I had it "peaked" and the
>> squelch "tightened", but it has never missed a lick. I used to belong
>> to a local SSB club. In town, I keep the antenna pulled forward in a
>> "gutter clip" that Radio Shack quit carrying about 4 years ago. Even
>> pulled down like that, it still far outperforms any shorter antenna
>> I've ever used (center loaded, and even top loaded) regardless of
>> where they were mounted on the vehicle (including the middle of the
>> roof on the Scout). By that, I mean not only better range both ways,
>> but also dramatically less noise.
>
>Wow, that brings back memories. 108'ers were pretty popular in the
>70's; I'm surprised they still sell them. Even with the gutter clip
>bend, the full-wave stainless whip kicks ass.

Actually, that's (9 feet) a 1/4-wave whip. A full-wave CB antenna
would be 36 feet long. Telephone pole, anybody?
>
>I knew a guy who wired one of these up to his AM/FM stereo. He couldn't
>believe the reception; claims he got stations from all across the USA,
>even in the daytime.
>
>Unidens are great, durable radios. I ran a 68XL with the red LED
>display for years. My tractor was stolen from the yard one weekend, and
>when the stripped carcass was found 5 mi. N of Mexicali a few days
>later, I was disappointed to find they had also stolen the friggin' CB.
> Bleh...all thieves must hang.