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CB dead or alive

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    #122
    dubhlinn55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭dubhlinn55


    Nice one mate 👍👍



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    #123
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    Imax 2000 Installed.

    SWR on 15m 1.2

    SWR 12m 2.5

    SWR 11m 1.6

    SWR 10m 1.3 from 28.320 - 1.6 SWR at 28.270 - 30 Mhz

    https://imgur.com/JHo6fj7




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    #124
    dubhlinn55
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    Nice one lad 👍👍



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    #125
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119447065#Comment_119447065

    Cheers, was funny when the Missus came out and saw me standing on the Chimney !



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    #126
    dubhlinn55
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    Was she hoping you jump 🤣🤣



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    #127
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119447084#Comment_119447084

    ha ha probably, but had to show she was concerned lol. 😁



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    #128
    dubhlinn55
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    That's what she told you 🤣🤣



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    #129
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119447126#Comment_119447126

    Indeed 🤣



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    #130
    dubhlinn55
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    🤣🤣



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    #131
    bassy
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    Madlad you will hear plenty of locals now and skip when conditions are good.



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    #132
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    Yeah hopefully, it would be good if local Hams could be convinced to go on the CB even the legal frequencies because when 80m is packed and there's nothing but contests and inconsiderate arseholes transmitting 4 K wide It recently dawned on me that the CB band really is good for local chat, of course there can be skip but in general I think CB does offer a lot for local contacts.

    I haven't heard skip beyond Europe for a while, does anyone ever hear the US or Canada ?



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    #133
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    I was wondering if I should cabled the Imax 2000 to the sitting room but think that would have driven herself over the edge with big dirty RG213U Coax so just brought it to the shack, probably better off anyway, will listen on the Tecsun radio for activity and can head up to the shack if needed.

    I hope a friend of mine gets his A99 back up, he's on Rossmore laois, nice and high so would probably get to him with 1 Watt on the handheld when I get it as I have good line of sight with there, I'm interested to try out FM, I was really impressed hearing FM on the 891 for the first time the other night when I had that contact with the lad in Portugal.



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    #134
    dubhlinn55
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    As soon as iam up and running lad I will let you know.



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    #135
    bassy
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    The guy in rossmore will blow smoke big time and he will hear and talk to a lot of Irish guys around the country as he has the height there.


    I often was mobile on top of rossmore and spoke to Irish stations all over the country.



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    #136
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    Yeah he should get out well up there,

    I'd love to be able to put a CB in the car but not really possible with the Carbon Fibre roof and plastic body panels, modern cars are very radio unfriendly.



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    #137
    dubhlinn55
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    You can get cb antennas that fix to the boot its like a clamp style fixing.



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    #138
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451544#Comment_119451544

    I can but the boot is Plastic too, wouldn't work and no ground.



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    #139
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    I hear local lads on 27,535 now but they're actually weak enough but there is also a strong station on the same freq and he's having a qso with another station that's quiet enough to me also lots of swearing.

    I might be able to hear the strong lad and the other lads he's talking to but the QRM from the other lads are kind of drowning them out but they obviously can't hear them.



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    #140
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    Good to hear local action but be a lot better if they were on different Freq, I wonder how many are actually using a real CB ?



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    #141
    dubhlinn55
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    Has to be ground somewhere on the car mate also its a clip on the boot goes at the edge of the boot where the boot closes



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    #142
    dubhlinn55
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    That sounds like the crazy 40's of years ago most could not keep radio eticate



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    #143
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    Yeah I'd find a ground I will investigate more.



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    #144
    dubhlinn55
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    Similar too this https://www.longcom.ie/product.aspx?id=815&p=so-239-bootmount-slimline



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    #145
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451861#Comment_119451861

    The swearing ? yeah some go overboard and think it's normal.



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    #146
    dubhlinn55
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    That's for sure lad over a radio it's just not on, licensed or not.



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    #147
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    Here's a few pics of the Volkswagen ID.4, I got the ID3 so might work, this looks like there's some form of medal to attach to, I didn't think there was on mine but will take a look again, prob hear nothing with a mobile setup unless up a hill due to little activity.

    https://www.vwidtalk.com/threads/ham-radio-install.7031/



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    #148
    dubhlinn55
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    There is an alternative for mounting on the roof if you place a Neodymium magnet on the inside of the roof and a magnetic aerial will deffinatly adhere to it the neodymium magnets are as strong as hell and won't interfere with radio signal




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    #149
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451917#Comment_119451917

    Thanks, it's worth looking into.



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    #150
    dubhlinn55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭dubhlinn55


    No bothers lad.



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    #151
    josip
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    On the way back from Greece yesterday I got passed by a Romanian with a CB aerial on the car. I was thinking, there's something I haven't seen for many years. Half a minute later his road buddy passed. I was slightly disappointed that neither of them were driving Opel Mantas with Rothmans sun visors 🙂



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