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Post by Night Ranger on Oct 20, 2014 11:58:04 GMT -5
What is the most Redneck CB radio base setup in your town? If I had to pick the most redneck CB setup for the Rock Hill, S.C. listening area by decade and based on people that I have heard, it would be the following;
1977 through about 1981 1) Sears Roadtalker 2) 4,6,8 or 12 tube Elkin 3) Moonraker 4
Mid to late 1990s 1) RCI-2950 2) 4 or 6 tube Elkin 3) Moonraker 4 beam or Antron 99
2003 to present 1) RCI-2950 or Galaxy Saturn 2) DaveMade amplifier 3) Antron 99
Most of the "redneck" types I have in mind are the ones that I heard repeatedly get drunk, start a CB fight, or play music on the CB.
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 20, 2014 17:41:53 GMT -5
What is the most Redneck CB radio base setup in your town? If I had to pick the most redneck CB setup for the Rock Hill, S.C. listening area by decade and based on people that I have heard, it would be the following; 1977 through about 1981 1) Sears Roadtalker 2) 4,6,8 or 12 tube Elkin 3) Moonraker 4 Mid to late 1990s 1) RCI-2950 2) 4 or 6 tube Elkin 3) Moonraker 4 beam or Antron 99 2003 to present 1) RCI-2950 or Galaxy Saturn 2) DaveMade amplifier 3) Antron 99 Most of the "redneck" types I have in mind are the ones that I heard repeatedly get drunk, start a CB fight, or play music on the CB. I can't really correlate a particular radio setup with a "redneck"-type operator. If you assume that most idiots or idiots-in-training tend to be from the poorer side of the tracks, then in the 70's, it was the guy with the Realistic TRC-30 Navaho, with a 1/4 wave GP. If you're talking about the wanna-be channel master, it was the guy with the Pearce-Simpson Simba with the D104 and a Super StarBurst. In the 80's and 90's it was anyone with 5 tone roger beeps and cheap echos.
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Post by Night Ranger on Oct 20, 2014 18:05:23 GMT -5
What is the most Redneck CB radio base setup in your town? If I had to pick the most redneck CB setup for the Rock Hill, S.C. listening area by decade and based on people that I have heard, it would be the following; 1977 through about 1981 1) Sears Roadtalker 2) 4,6,8 or 12 tube Elkin 3) Moonraker 4 Mid to late 1990s 1) RCI-2950 2) 4 or 6 tube Elkin 3) Moonraker 4 beam or Antron 99 2003 to present 1) RCI-2950 or Galaxy Saturn 2) DaveMade amplifier 3) Antron 99 Most of the "redneck" types I have in mind are the ones that I heard repeatedly get drunk, start a CB fight, or play music on the CB. I can't really correlate a particular radio setup with a "redneck"-type operator. If you assume that most idiots or idiots-in-training tend to be from the poorer side of the tracks, then in the 70's, it was the guy with the Realistic TRC-30 Navaho, with a 1/4 wave GP. If you're talking about the wanna-be channel master, it was the guy with the Pearce-Simpson Simba with the D104 and a Super StarBurst. In the 80's and 90's it was anyone with 5 tone roger beeps and cheap echos. From the 1970s I have four particular individuals in mind. Three of the four had Sears RoadTalkers, and two of them had 8 tube Elkins and Moonraker 4 beams. I don't remember what the fourth one's radio was, but he had a 12 tube Elkin. From the 1990s I'm thinking of World Famous Eyeballer and two other people I will choose not to name at this time. They all used RCI-2950s, and 4 or 6 tube Elkins. Two of them had Moonraker 4 beams, and one had an Antron 99. I got along with all of them, but two of them were constantly arguing with some of the other locals. Come to think of it, one of the other constantly arguing locals from this time period was running a Sears Roadtalker. I know because I peaked it out for him. It was only putting out 3/4 of a watt, and that was not enough to drive his Firebird 500 to full power. Unfortunately once he realized he could compete with the bigger stations he turned in to an ass. I regretted peaking his radio. From 2003 forward I also have a particular individual in mind, but I won't name him at this time. He was a constant troublemaker for awhile, but he has mended his ways. His setup was an RCI-2950, a Davemade, and an Antron 99. The "Elkins" have been a staple of the Southern Redneck get drunk and argue on the CB crowd since the 1970s. The younger generation tends to run "pill" boxes. Night Ranger
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 20, 2014 20:43:49 GMT -5
I can't really correlate a particular radio setup with a "redneck"-type operator. If you assume that most idiots or idiots-in-training tend to be from the poorer side of the tracks, then in the 70's, it was the guy with the Realistic TRC-30 Navaho, with a 1/4 wave GP. If you're talking about the wanna-be channel master, it was the guy with the Pearce-Simpson Simba with the D104 and a Super StarBurst. In the 80's and 90's it was anyone with 5 tone roger beeps and cheap echos. From the 1970s I have four particular individuals in mind. Three of the four had Sears RoadTalkers, and two of them had 8 tube Elkins and Moonraker 4 beams. I don't remember what the fourth one's radio was, but he had a 12 tube Elkin. From the 1990s I'm thinking of World Famous Eyeballer and two other people I will choose not to name at this time. They all used RCI-2950s, and 4 or 6 tube Elkins. Two of them had Moonraker 4 beams, and one had an Antron 99. I got along with all of them, but two of them were constantly arguing with some of the other locals. Come to think of it, one of the other constantly arguing locals from this time period was running a Sears Roadtalker. I know because I peaked it out for him. It was only putting out 3/4 of a watt, and that was not enough to drive his Firebird 500 to full power. Unfortunately once he realized he could compete with the bigger stations he turned in to an ass. I regretted peaking his radio. From 2003 forward I also have a particular individual in mind, but I won't name him at this time. He was a constant troublemaker for awhile, but he has mended his ways. His setup was an RCI-2950, a Davemade, and an Antron 99. The "Elkins" have been a staple of the Southern Redneck get drunk and argue on the CB crowd since the 1970s. The younger generation tends to run "pill" boxes. Well, you had the (mis?) fortune of being close to the home of the Elkin amp, so it makes sense that they'd be the amp of choice for the king of the hill crowd. They never made it north of the border, so for our crowd it was either D&A (Phantoms being the number #1 choice), or Palomar (Skipper 300 or 200X). One of the "power house" guys ran a Yaesu FT101 with the matching FL2100 amp. I really can't say that those who were prone to causing trouble identified with any particular setup. But I can say that the sheer number of troublemakers grew steadily as the years marched forward. In the 70'sthe only time you'd hear people cussing, was when one (or more) of them were drunk. By the 90's it was hard to find a conversation that didn't include cuss words as a part of their everyday vernacular.. I've always said that behaviors over the radio (Ham or CB) mirrored society in general.
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Post by Night Ranger on Oct 20, 2014 21:28:02 GMT -5
From the 1970s I have four particular individuals in mind. Three of the four had Sears RoadTalkers, and two of them had 8 tube Elkins and Moonraker 4 beams. I don't remember what the fourth one's radio was, but he had a 12 tube Elkin. From the 1990s I'm thinking of World Famous Eyeballer and two other people I will choose not to name at this time. They all used RCI-2950s, and 4 or 6 tube Elkins. Two of them had Moonraker 4 beams, and one had an Antron 99. I got along with all of them, but two of them were constantly arguing with some of the other locals. Come to think of it, one of the other constantly arguing locals from this time period was running a Sears Roadtalker. I know because I peaked it out for him. It was only putting out 3/4 of a watt, and that was not enough to drive his Firebird 500 to full power. Unfortunately once he realized he could compete with the bigger stations he turned in to an ass. I regretted peaking his radio. From 2003 forward I also have a particular individual in mind, but I won't name him at this time. He was a constant troublemaker for awhile, but he has mended his ways. His setup was an RCI-2950, a Davemade, and an Antron 99. The "Elkins" have been a staple of the Southern Redneck get drunk and argue on the CB crowd since the 1970s. The younger generation tends to run "pill" boxes. Well, you had the (mis?) fortune of being close to the home of the Elkin amp, so it makes sense that they'd be the amp of choice for the king of the hill crowd. They never made it north of the border, so for our crowd it was either D&A (Phantoms being the number #1 choice), or Palomar (Skipper 300 or 200X). One of the "power house" guys ran a Yaesu FT101 with the matching FL2100 amp. I really can't say that those who were prone to causing trouble identified with any particular setup. But I can say that the sheer number of troublemakers grew steadily as the years marched forward. In the 70'sthe only time you'd hear people cussing, was when one (or more) of them were drunk. By the 90's it was hard to find a conversation that didn't include cuss words as a part of their everyday vernacular.. I've always said that behaviors over the radio (Ham or CB) mirrored society in general. The D&A amps were definitely around in South Carolina. I myself ran a D&A Hornet from 1978 until 1985, but I don't remember any major trouble makers running D&A amps. For whatever reason the D&A crowd was better behaved. I just remembered another major redneck CB'er from the late 1970s. I don't know what his radio was, but he had an Elkin amp and a Moonraker 4. His handle was Sandlapper. I don't remember Sandlapper being a big troublemaker, but he was kind of a rough gritty redneck. He did not care for me much. I remember Sandlapper started in on me once when I was barely 18. I was still intimidated by other adults at that age. When Greg, "The Devil", heard it he jumped on Sandlapper and ran him off. I remember one part of the confrontation that cracked me up. Sandlapper was probably 20 years older than Greg and I. Sandlapper said he could whip Greg's ass, and Greg said; "Well if nothing else I'll out live you, and then come dance on your grave." Night Ranger
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 20, 2014 23:16:20 GMT -5
We really didn't have too many redneck base stations around here, although there was quite the plethora of yahoos passing through town on channel 19. My CB station in the 70's consisted of a Realistic Navaho 30a and inverted V. Mic was stock. My Dad (W5VXQ, licensed since 1952) setup the inverted V, got on the air as "Chicken Picker ," and was immediately called a complete idiot and redneck for talking on "a piece of wire." Down the line, I upgraded to the J.C. Penny Pinto 23-channel AM/SSB rig and had a PDL-2 strapped to the roof. Neighbors were running FT-101E's, Siltronics 1011D's, TS-520's, and various Drake rigs, along with the Browning and Tram gear. Some also had PDL-2's, super scanners, Moonraker 4's and 6's (some stacked), and once in awhile you'd see a 6 or 8-element laser at 100' or so. Verticals of the era included the Astroplane and various verticals sold at Radio Shack. Popular amps were made by D&A, Palomar, Texas Star, or were converted ham amps, which was the vast majority. There were also a few homebrew amps on the air as well. Folks here learned very quickly to steer clear of the CB amps. I was pretty much out of CB from the 80's on, but I do get on the bowl to listen up for F-layer and Sporadic E skip conditions. Most of my local CB friends either quit operating CB altogether or got their ham tickets. OTOH, this is when I started hearing roger beeps and echo, and a lot of truck drivers would pay good money to have their roger beep converted to a "mule fart," which was basically lowering the pitch of the roger beep and extending the duration. You'd also hear them talking about their Galaxy rigs and Cobra radios, so I take it those were popular around here as well. OTOH, the vast majority of the truckers here were transient, only passing through town on their way to Houston or New Orleans, so I'm pretty sure it would be accurate to say that most of these yahoos were from out of town, although I'm sure we had our share of them as well. Oh, one other thing: channel 19 is pretty much dead here. They've all moved over to Android and IPhone apps that display the locations of radar traps in real-time. They also use online maps and GPS for directions, so you rarely hear a driver asking how to get to some location. The really, really funny thing is that when you mention the word Louisiana or say that you come from that state, the vast majority of folks instantly see you as being mentally defective and downright retarded. One would think that we would easily top the list of "redneck radio operators," but that would simply not be the truth. I guess shows like "Swamp People" and "Duck Dynasty" add fuel to the fire as well. Let it be known, though, that the Cajun's think these people are complete and total idiots themselves!! They are definitely WAY out there, as far as we are concerned. Louisiana gives Hollywood and the movie industry BIG TIME tax breaks, and that's why you are seeing a lot of TV shows and movies being filmed here. OTOH, the vast majority of folks think we're complete morons, so that's exactly what hollywood gives them, and trust me when I tell you they have to search far and wide to find these kind of characters here. You guys don't want to hear that most of us are university educated, upper-middle class and above. Besides, you probably wouldn't believe it anyway, and you just want to hear that we paddle a boat down the river through a ton of alligators to get to work . 73, (I am a stereotypical Cajun, BTW.) Randy AB5NI
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Post by Afterburner(OT-749) on Oct 21, 2014 4:45:04 GMT -5
We really didn't have too many redneck base stations around here, although there was quite the plethora of yahoos passing through town on channel 19. My CB station in the 70's consisted of a Realistic Navaho 30a and inverted V. Mic was stock. My Dad (W5VXQ, licensed since 1952) setup the inverted V, got on the air as "Chicken Picker ," and was immediately called a complete idiot and redneck for talking on "a piece of wire." Down the line, I upgraded to the J.C. Penny Pinto 23-channel AM/SSB rig and had a PDL-2 strapped to the roof. Neighbors were running FT-101E's, Siltronics 1011D's, TS-520's, and various Drake rigs, along with the Browning and Tram gear. Some also had PDL-2's, super scanners, Moonraker 4's and 6's (some stacked), and once in awhile you'd see a 6 or 8-element laser at 100' or so. Verticals of the era included the Astroplane and various verticals sold at Radio Shack. Popular amps were made by D&A, Palomar, Texas Star, or were converted ham amps, which was the vast majority. There were also a few homebrew amps on the air as well. Folks here learned very quickly to steer clear of the CB amps. I was pretty much out of CB from the 80's on, but I do get on the bowl to listen up for F-layer and Sporadic E skip conditions. Most of my local CB friends either quit operating CB altogether or got their ham tickets. OTOH, this is when I started hearing roger beeps and echo, and a lot of truck drivers would pay good money to have their roger beep converted to a "mule fart," which was basically lowering the pitch of the roger beep and extending the duration. You'd also hear them talking about their Galaxy rigs and Cobra radios, so I take it those were popular around here as well. OTOH, the vast majority of the truckers here were transient, only passing through town on their way to Houston or New Orleans, so I'm pretty sure it would be accurate to say that most of these yahoos were from out of town, although I'm sure we had our share of them as well. Oh, one other thing: channel 19 is pretty much dead here. They've all moved over to Android and IPhone apps that display the locations of radar traps in real-time. They also use online maps and GPS for directions, so you rarely hear a driver asking how to get to some location. The really, really funny thing is that when you mention the word Louisiana or say that you come from that state, the vast majority of folks instantly see you as being mentally defective and downright retarded. One would think that we would easily top the list of "redneck radio operators," but that would simply not be the truth. I guess shows like "Swamp People" and "Duck Dynasty" add fuel to the fire as well. Let it be known, though, that the Cajun's think these people are complete and total idiots themselves!! They are definitely WAY out there, as far as we are concerned. Louisiana gives Hollywood and the movie industry BIG TIME tax breaks, and that's why you are seeing a lot of TV shows and movies being filmed here. OTOH, the vast majority of folks think we're complete morons, so that's exactly what hollywood gives them, and trust me when I tell you they have to search far and wide to find these kind of characters here. You guys don't want to hear that most of us are university educated, upper-middle class and above. Besides, you probably wouldn't believe it anyway, and you just want to hear that we paddle a boat down the river through a ton of alligators to get to work . 73, (I am a stereotypical Cajun, BTW.) Randy AB5NI AB5NI said ... "73, (I am a stereotypical Cajun, BTW.)" So now I pose the question to you AB5NI ... are you a Coonass? BTW other member's, I am not cussing at him, if he is one he knows what I am saying.
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 21, 2014 6:25:41 GMT -5
Well, you had the (mis?) fortune of being close to the home of the Elkin amp, so it makes sense that they'd be the amp of choice for the king of the hill crowd. They never made it north of the border, so for our crowd it was either D&A (Phantoms being the number #1 choice), or Palomar (Skipper 300 or 200X). One of the "power house" guys ran a Yaesu FT101 with the matching FL2100 amp. I really can't say that those who were prone to causing trouble identified with any particular setup. But I can say that the sheer number of troublemakers grew steadily as the years marched forward. In the 70'sthe only time you'd hear people cussing, was when one (or more) of them were drunk. By the 90's it was hard to find a conversation that didn't include cuss words as a part of their everyday vernacular.. I've always said that behaviors over the radio (Ham or CB) mirrored society in general. The D&A amps were definitely around in South Carolina. I myself ran a D&A Hornet from 1978 until 1985, but I don't remember any major trouble makers running D&A amps. For whatever reason the D&A crowd was better behaved. I just remembered another major redneck CB'er from the late 1970s. I don't know what his radio was, but he had an Elkin amp and a Moonraker 4. His handle was Sandlapper. I don't remember Sandlapper being a big troublemaker, but he was kind of a rough gritty redneck. He did not care for me much. I remember Sandlapper started in on me once when I was barely 18. I was still intimidated by other adults at that age. When Greg, "The Devil", heard it he jumped on Sandlapper and ran him off. I remember one part of the confrontation that cracked me up. Sandlapper was probably 20 years older than Greg and I. Sandlapper said he could whip Greg's ass, and Greg said; "Well if nothing else I'll out live you, and then come dance on your grave." That just goes to show that none of us should take our longevity for granted, as Greg unfortunately found out. I wonder if Sandlapper (That's way too close to Sandbagger for my tastes... . ) danced on his grave.
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 21, 2014 6:44:20 GMT -5
We really didn't have too many redneck base stations around here, although there was quite the plethora of yahoos passing through town on channel 19. My CB station in the 70's consisted of a Realistic Navaho 30a and inverted V. Mic was stock. My Dad (W5VXQ, licensed since 1952) setup the inverted V, got on the air as "Chicken Picker ," and was immediately called a complete idiot and redneck for talking on "a piece of wire." Down the line, I upgraded to the J.C. Penny Pinto 23-channel AM/SSB rig and had a PDL-2 strapped to the roof. Neighbors were running FT-101E's, Siltronics 1011D's, TS-520's, and various Drake rigs, along with the Browning and Tram gear. Some also had PDL-2's, super scanners, Moonraker 4's and 6's (some stacked), and once in awhile you'd see a 6 or 8-element laser at 100' or so. Verticals of the era included the Astroplane and various verticals sold at Radio Shack. Popular amps were made by D&A, Palomar, Texas Star, or were converted ham amps, which was the vast majority. There were also a few homebrew amps on the air as well. Folks here learned very quickly to steer clear of the CB amps. I was pretty much out of CB from the 80's on, but I do get on the bowl to listen up for F-layer and Sporadic E skip conditions. Most of my local CB friends either quit operating CB altogether or got their ham tickets. OTOH, this is when I started hearing roger beeps and echo, and a lot of truck drivers would pay good money to have their roger beep converted to a "mule fart," which was basically lowering the pitch of the roger beep and extending the duration. You'd also hear them talking about their Galaxy rigs and Cobra radios, so I take it those were popular around here as well. OTOH, the vast majority of the truckers here were transient, only passing through town on their way to Houston or New Orleans, so I'm pretty sure it would be accurate to say that most of these yahoos were from out of town, although I'm sure we had our share of them as well. Oh, one other thing: channel 19 is pretty much dead here. They've all moved over to Android and IPhone apps that display the locations of radar traps in real-time. They also use online maps and GPS for directions, so you rarely hear a driver asking how to get to some location. The really, really funny thing is that when you mention the word Louisiana or say that you come from that state, the vast majority of folks instantly see you as being mentally defective and downright retarded. One would think that we would easily top the list of "redneck radio operators," but that would simply not be the truth. I guess shows like "Swamp People" and "Duck Dynasty" add fuel to the fire as well. Let it be known, though, that the Cajun's think these people are complete and total idiots themselves!! They are definitely WAY out there, as far as we are concerned. Louisiana gives Hollywood and the movie industry BIG TIME tax breaks, and that's why you are seeing a lot of TV shows and movies being filmed here. OTOH, the vast majority of folks think we're complete morons, so that's exactly what hollywood gives them, and trust me when I tell you they have to search far and wide to find these kind of characters here. You guys don't want to hear that most of us are university educated, upper-middle class and above. Besides, you probably wouldn't believe it anyway, and you just want to hear that we paddle a boat down the river through a ton of alligators to get to work . Well, running an inverted V on a 100 watt HF rig on 15, 20, and 40 meters working skywave is probably a good setup, that antenna on a 4 watt CB talking local is not going to work all that well. Most people are vertically polarized, the inverted V is not. There is also no real gain, and the pattern is not omnidirectional. So while calling someone an "idiot" was probably a bit harsh, it was a poor choice for a CB antenna. A PDL II was far better. All too often people get ideas about how the people in certain geographic areas act, through television. But that is hardly an accurate portrayal of reality. "Jersey Shore" hardly depicts how real people who live along the New Jersey shore act. And I'm sure that goes for any and all of the other "reality"-type shows. It also underscores why it's really not a good idea to stereotype a particular area, living conditions, or radio setup. It would seem that every area had it's share of socially challenged people who just couldn't play well with others, no matter what kind of radio they ran.
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Post by Night Ranger on Oct 21, 2014 8:03:10 GMT -5
The D&A amps were definitely around in South Carolina. I myself ran a D&A Hornet from 1978 until 1985, but I don't remember any major trouble makers running D&A amps. For whatever reason the D&A crowd was better behaved. I just remembered another major redneck CB'er from the late 1970s. I don't know what his radio was, but he had an Elkin amp and a Moonraker 4. His handle was Sandlapper. I don't remember Sandlapper being a big troublemaker, but he was kind of a rough gritty redneck. He did not care for me much. I remember Sandlapper started in on me once when I was barely 18. I was still intimidated by other adults at that age. When Greg, "The Devil", heard it he jumped on Sandlapper and ran him off. I remember one part of the confrontation that cracked me up. Sandlapper was probably 20 years older than Greg and I. Sandlapper said he could whip Greg's ass, and Greg said; "Well if nothing else I'll out live you, and then come dance on your grave." That just goes to show that none of us should take our longevity for granted, as Greg unfortunately found out. I wonder if Sandlapper (That's way too close to Sandbagger for my tastes... . ) danced on his grave. Sandlapper disappeared from the CB airways after the early 1980s, so I'm not sure who out lived who. His Moonraker 4 sat unused beside a busy road for a few more years, and then it was taken down. CB along the North Carolina/South Carolina border was full of rednecks. The biggest concentration of them were in Gastonia, N.C. and Dallas, N.C. I remember joking on the air that if you heard a bunch of rednecks arguing on the CB you could pretty much bet they were in Gastonia, N.C., and you would be right. From my hilltop location I could easily hear the Gastonia, N.C. locals 30 miles away. The CB recording listed below is of Coyote, an unnamed local, and me talking on channel 24 in 1996. You can hear this idiot in the background playing music and singing over the air. Where was he? Where else! His handle was Rooster, and he was in Gastonia, N.C. CB recording of CB redneck Rooster singing on the CB on channel 24. Recorded in 1996. www.shadowstorm.com/cb/mp3s/Coyote-unknown-and-Rooster-on-ch-24-1996.mp3The recording above was made about the same time that World Famous Eyeballer, Machine Shop Sam, Mud Grip, Tarbaby and others were constantly fighting down on channel 8. We called channel 24 "The Tech Channel" since were were always talking about technical things. We called channel 8 "The NTech Channel". The inside joke was that "Tech" stood for "Thinking Entity CHannel" and NTech stood for "Non-Thinking Entity CHannel". : ) Night Ranger
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 8:09:18 GMT -5
We really didn't have too many redneck base stations around here, although there was quite the plethora of yahoos passing through town on channel 19. My CB station in the 70's consisted of a Realistic Navaho 30a and inverted V. Mic was stock. My Dad (W5VXQ, licensed since 1952) setup the inverted V, got on the air as "Chicken Picker ," and was immediately called a complete idiot and redneck for talking on "a piece of wire." Down the line, I upgraded to the J.C. Penny Pinto 23-channel AM/SSB rig and had a PDL-2 strapped to the roof. Neighbors were running FT-101E's, Siltronics 1011D's, TS-520's, and various Drake rigs, along with the Browning and Tram gear. Some also had PDL-2's, super scanners, Moonraker 4's and 6's (some stacked), and once in awhile you'd see a 6 or 8-element laser at 100' or so. Verticals of the era included the Astroplane and various verticals sold at Radio Shack. Popular amps were made by D&A, Palomar, Texas Star, or were converted ham amps, which was the vast majority. There were also a few homebrew amps on the air as well. Folks here learned very quickly to steer clear of the CB amps. I was pretty much out of CB from the 80's on, but I do get on the bowl to listen up for F-layer and Sporadic E skip conditions. Most of my local CB friends either quit operating CB altogether or got their ham tickets. OTOH, this is when I started hearing roger beeps and echo, and a lot of truck drivers would pay good money to have their roger beep converted to a "mule fart," which was basically lowering the pitch of the roger beep and extending the duration. You'd also hear them talking about their Galaxy rigs and Cobra radios, so I take it those were popular around here as well. OTOH, the vast majority of the truckers here were transient, only passing through town on their way to Houston or New Orleans, so I'm pretty sure it would be accurate to say that most of these yahoos were from out of town, although I'm sure we had our share of them as well. Oh, one other thing: channel 19 is pretty much dead here. They've all moved over to Android and IPhone apps that display the locations of radar traps in real-time. They also use online maps and GPS for directions, so you rarely hear a driver asking how to get to some location. The really, really funny thing is that when you mention the word Louisiana or say that you come from that state, the vast majority of folks instantly see you as being mentally defective and downright retarded. One would think that we would easily top the list of "redneck radio operators," but that would simply not be the truth. I guess shows like "Swamp People" and "Duck Dynasty" add fuel to the fire as well. Let it be known, though, that the Cajun's think these people are complete and total idiots themselves!! They are definitely WAY out there, as far as we are concerned. Louisiana gives Hollywood and the movie industry BIG TIME tax breaks, and that's why you are seeing a lot of TV shows and movies being filmed here. OTOH, the vast majority of folks think we're complete morons, so that's exactly what hollywood gives them, and trust me when I tell you they have to search far and wide to find these kind of characters here. You guys don't want to hear that most of us are university educated, upper-middle class and above. Besides, you probably wouldn't believe it anyway, and you just want to hear that we paddle a boat down the river through a ton of alligators to get to work . Well, running an inverted V on a 100 watt HF rig on 15, 20, and 40 meters working skywave is probably a good setup, that antenna on a 4 watt CB talking local is not going to work all that well. Most people are vertically polarized, the inverted V is not. There is also no real gain, and the pattern is not omnidirectional. So while calling someone an "idiot" was probably a bit harsh, it was a poor choice for a CB antenna. A PDL II was far better. All too often people get ideas about how the people in certain geographic areas act, through television. But that is hardly an accurate portrayal of reality. "Jersey Shore" hardly depicts how real people who live along the New Jersey shore act. And I'm sure that goes for any and all of the other "reality"-type shows. It also underscores why it's really not a good idea to stereotype a particular area, living conditions, or radio setup. It would seem that every area had it's share of socially challenged people who just couldn't play well with others, no matter what kind of radio they ran. We knew all that stuff about the inverted V when we built the thing, which was actually a 10 Mtr ant used with a transmatch, SB . My Dad actually purchased the rig to use in our motor home, mainly because we liked the specs over the mobile rigs made at the time. We ran that rig on a pair of phased verticals connected to a phasing box that contained 1/4 wave delay lines and a switch, steering the antenna around while going down the road and while stationary in some national park. We already had the coax for the inverted V and a spool of copper wire from Radio Shack, so we built the antenna (for 10 Mtrs, mind u) and hoisted the thing into a pine tree at about 50 feet. When folks asked what kind of antenna we were using, we'd say, "A piece of wire that cost about 50 cents." . We were not serious about CB or correct polarization. It was a ham-band antenna my Dad used on 10 Mtrs, and we built the thing for 10 and tested the 30a on the thing. My brother and I found out the CB was a good way to meet women while camping and at home . When the motorhome was stationary at our house, my brother and I would plug it into the house and operate from the motorhome. We stocked the thing with chips, soft drinks, beer, and whisky, and it soon became the neighborhood teenager hangout our parents didn't really know about . This is bringing back a lot of great mammary's . Funny thing you should mention Jersey. Some of the smartest folks I ever met in my life were at Princeton. With my parents being educators, we'd have all walks of people coming over to visit when I was a kid. We learned very quickly not to judge a book by its cover. There are brilliant people of all nationalities and cultures. Another way to put this: there are very smart and very stupid people from all states and nations, and assessing a person's intellectual capacity based geographical location, accent, color, or physical traits is idiocy in an of itself. 73, Randy AB5NI Forgot about something. I did use the Navaho on the inverted V during the winter for a while when my Dad went to bed. It was just too damn cold to operate in the motorhome, and my folks wouldn't let us turn on the heater or use the stove in the thing when we asked. Guess they were worried about us burning the thing down or something. (Shrug.) Anyway, at 50', the antenna didn't actually perform all that badly in the winter. I eventually built a two-element, vertically-polarized Quad with bamboo spreaders, but a hurricane ripped that thing up and I purchased the PDL-2. I loved that antenna. My Dad also used it on 10 Mtrs, so he let me mount the thing on the 2nd story of our home. Fun times.
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Post by cbrown on Oct 21, 2014 8:36:40 GMT -5
They never made it north of the border, so for our crowd it was either D&A (Phantoms being the number #1 choice), or Palomar (Skipper 300 or 200X). We had the D&A and Palomar, also the Pride Amps were pretty popular here too.
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 9:34:20 GMT -5
Afterburner wrote: LMAO! OF COURSE I'M A COONASS! . The term "Coonass," for you guys that don't know, is actually a derogatory name Cajun's call each other, but it's really a term of endearment we use with friends and family, and, evidently, Afterburner knows this . Hey, AB, look up Cajun on wikipedia and you'll actually read about how the term came about. Years ago, I was playing chess at our local chess club, and my friend (another Cajun) asks me, "Okay, moron! What opening are you going to use this time," and I told him "The Coonass, of course!" (A2-A4 for u chess players. Worst move on the board.) Another member heard this, came over to us, and he was seething with hate and malice. He says, "I'm a lawyer, and I just want you guys to know that I've sued numerous people for using that term!" My friend says, "Listen here, idiot! We are BOTH Cajun and Coonass', so if you don't like that crap, tough s***!!" Most of my career was spent working in engineering firms in Houston. One of the companies I worked for was made up of folks mainly from the UK. Out of 10 folks working there, there was one guy named Eddie who was working on his PhD in Civil Engineering and me, with the rest being from England. Once I was hired and started working there, they found out that I was from Louisiana and Cajun, and my name from that point on was "Coonass" . One day we had a big meeting at Diamond Offshore, with a lot of higher ups and engineers attending, and we were discussing some technical issue that we were having. My boss yells out, "Wait a minute! Hold on! I know the issue we are having here, and COONASS here knows this crap well!! If anyone can fix this, it's him!!" . To this day, I can walk into all of those firms and they'll say, "Well, if it isn't Coonass!" 73, Randy AB5NI
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 21, 2014 9:44:47 GMT -5
Afterburner wrote: LMAO! OF COURSE I'M A COONASS! . The term "Coonass," for you guys that don't know, is actually a derogatory name Cajun's call each other, but it's really a term of endearment we use with friends and family, and, evidently, Afterburner knows this . Hey, AB, look up Cajun on wikipedia and you'll actually read about how the term came about. Years ago, I was playing chess at our local chess club, and my friend (another Cajun) asks me, "Okay, moron! What opening are you going to use this time," and I told him "The Coonass, of course!" (A2-A4 for u chess players. Worst move on the board.) Another member heard this, came over to us, and he was seething with hate and malice. He says, "I'm a lawyer, and I just want you guys to know that I've sued numerous people for using that term!" My friend says, "Listen here, idiot! We are BOTH Cajun and Coonass', so if you don't like that crap, tough s***!!" Most of my career was spent working in engineering firms in Houston. One of the companies I worked for was made up of folks mainly from the UK. Out of 10 folks working there, there was one guy named Eddie who was working on his PhD in Civil Engineering and me, with the rest being from England. Once I was hired and started working there, they found out that I was from Louisiana and Cajun, and my name from that point on was "Coonass" . One day we had a big meeting at Diamond Offshore, with a lot of higher ups and engineers attending, and we were discussing some technical issue that we were having. My boss yells out, "Wait a minute! Hold on! I know the issue we are having here, and COONASS here knows this crap well!! If anyone can fix this, it's him!!" . To this day, I can walk into all of those firms and they'll say, "Well, if it isn't Coonass!" Sounds to me like you've just chosen your new CB handle.........
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 21, 2014 10:18:34 GMT -5
My brother and I found out the CB was a good way to meet women while camping and at home . When the motorhome was stationary at our house, my brother and I would plug it into the house and operate from the motorhome. We stocked the thing with chips, soft drinks, beer, and whisky, and it soon became the neighborhood teenager hangout our parents didn't really know about . This is bringing back a lot of great mammary's . Night Ranger and I have broached the subject of "picking up women" on CB, and I guess it all depended on where you were. Where I was, there was about a 7 or 8 to 1 ratio of males to females back in the day (there are virtually no females around now), and most of the available ones were not the prettiest roses in the bunch. You could usually tell who the hefty ones were due to their deeper voices. But there have been times when a real sweet sounding voice would be the only thing attractive. Once in a while there would be an exception, and once the word got out, you'd have to stand in line behind 5 other guys who were all doing their best to woo the unsuspecting cutie. Of course, I didn't travel around much back in the 70's, and you only had the local turnover to pick through. Interesting that you found the Realistic Navaho TRC-30a to be decent performing radio. We found the opposite to be true. Granted, it did talk well (I have one in the collection), but it had an unregulated AC power supply, and the receiver was prone to strong local signal overload (desense), which didn't help in those crowded semi-urban area that we lived in where over half of the 23 channel band had a local group on it, and half of those were within 1 or 2 miles away. There were a lot of TRC-30's out there, because they were the entry level base radio for those just starting out, and Radio Shack (and Lafayette) was often a newcomer's only place to buy stuff. Once people were into the hobby for a little while, they learned of the CB dealers and usually upgraded to SBE, Cobra, Midland, or Royce radios as their second. Those with deeper pockets, ended up with Trams or Brownings.
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 10:28:18 GMT -5
Afterburner wrote: LMAO! OF COURSE I'M A COONASS! . The term "Coonass," for you guys that don't know, is actually a derogatory name Cajun's call each other, but it's really a term of endearment we use with friends and family, and, evidently, Afterburner knows this . Hey, AB, look up Cajun on wikipedia and you'll actually read about how the term came about. Years ago, I was playing chess at our local chess club, and my friend (another Cajun) asks me, "Okay, moron! What opening are you going to use this time," and I told him "The Coonass, of course!" (A2-A4 for u chess players. Worst move on the board.) Another member heard this, came over to us, and he was seething with hate and malice. He says, "I'm a lawyer, and I just want you guys to know that I've sued numerous people for using that term!" My friend says, "Listen here, idiot! We are BOTH Cajun and Coonass', so if you don't like that crap, tough s***!!" Most of my career was spent working in engineering firms in Houston. One of the companies I worked for was made up of folks mainly from the UK. Out of 10 folks working there, there was one guy named Eddie who was working on his PhD in Civil Engineering and me, with the rest being from England. Once I was hired and started working there, they found out that I was from Louisiana and Cajun, and my name from that point on was "Coonass" . One day we had a big meeting at Diamond Offshore, with a lot of higher ups and engineers attending, and we were discussing some technical issue that we were having. My boss yells out, "Wait a minute! Hold on! I know the issue we are having here, and COONASS here knows this crap well!! If anyone can fix this, it's him!!" . To this day, I can walk into all of those firms and they'll say, "Well, if it isn't Coonass!" Sounds to me like you've just chosen your new CB handle......... LMAO! Sounds good, and ten roger right on! Coonass steppin . 73, Randy "Coonass" AB5NI
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Post by Night Ranger on Oct 21, 2014 11:13:16 GMT -5
Night Ranger and I have broached the subject of "picking up women" on CB, and I guess it all depended on where you were. Where I was, there was about a 7 or 8 to 1 ratio of males to females back in the day (there are virtually no females around now), and most of the available ones were not the prettiest roses in the bunch. You could usually tell who the hefty ones were due to their deeper voices. But there have been times when a real sweet sounding voice would be the only thing attractive. Once in a while there would be an exception, and once the word got out, you'd have to stand in line behind 5 other guys who were all doing their best to woo the unsuspecting cutie. Of course, I didn't travel around much back in the 70's, and you only had the local turnover to pick through. Back in the 1970s and very early 1980s there were some very nice looking girls that talked on the CB in my area, but after the early 1980s most of them were pretty homely. As a matter of fact some of the later women I met off the CB could scare a pack of wolves off a meat truck. I did briefly date four of the better looking girls off the CB. Three of them came after me, and the last one was a mutual flirt. Night Ranger
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 11:20:36 GMT -5
My brother and I found out the CB was a good way to meet women while camping and at home . When the motorhome was stationary at our house, my brother and I would plug it into the house and operate from the motorhome. We stocked the thing with chips, soft drinks, beer, and whisky, and it soon became the neighborhood teenager hangout our parents didn't really know about . This is bringing back a lot of great mammary's . Night Ranger and I have broached the subject of "picking up women" on CB, and I guess it all depended on where you were. Where I was, there was about a 7 or 8 to 1 ratio of males to females back in the day (there are virtually no females around now), and most of the available ones were not the prettiest roses in the bunch. You could usually tell who the hefty ones were due to their deeper voices. But there have been times when a real sweet sounding voice would be the only thing attractive. Once in a while there would be an exception, and once the word got out, you'd have to stand in line behind 5 other guys who were all doing their best to woo the unsuspecting cutie. Of course, I didn't travel around much back in the 70's, and you only had the local turnover to pick through. Interesting that you found the Realistic Navaho TRC-30a to be decent performing radio. We found the opposite to be true. Granted, it did talk well (I have one in the collection), but it had an unregulated AC power supply, and the receiver was prone to strong local signal overload (desense), which didn't help in those crowded semi-urban area that we lived in where over half of the 23 channel band had a local group on it, and half of those were within 1 or 2 miles away. There were a lot of TRC-30's out there, because they were the entry level base radio for those just starting out, and Radio Shack (and Lafayette) was often a newcomer's only place to buy stuff. Once people were into the hobby for a little while, they learned of the CB dealers and usually upgraded to SBE, Cobra, Midland, or Royce radios as their second. Those with deeper pockets, ended up with Trams or Brownings. Fortunately, the vast majority of the women here are beautiful. I'm not kidding here. Just ask anyone whose been around the area for awhile. Also take note of all the songs the rock groups have written about the women here. I think it has something to do with our combination of French, Spanish, and Native American ancestry or something. (Shrug.) I told a friend of mine in Houston that was coming to Lafayette to visit various bars to locate beautiful girls, and when he returned he says, "Damn! You were right about those bars. The women there are gorgeous! What the hell do they have in the water there, dude!" . Back in the 70's when CB was really popular, I'd say the male-to-female ratio was about 5 to 1 or so. Most of them were cute at the worst, and "OMFG! I'd kill twice over to be with that chick!" Sure, there were some that were not too pleasant to look at, but they were the exception rather than the rule. Some, although these were rare, were on the "GOMF!" (Get OUtta My Face!) end of the scale, but we hung around with them anyway. Cajun's are very, very accepting of perceived flaws in others, btw. You folks have to understand that southern Louisiana (Cajun Country) is unlike any place you ever been in the States, much less the South. It is very, very far from being a typical southern state or like any state, for that matter -- and then some! You can walk into a bar here and see whites, blacks, bikers, doctors, lawyers, cops, and judges all partying and getting along together like they were lost family members. We are very friendly and trusting, but if you break our trust, let's just say they don't call us Ragin' Cajuns for nothing. As far as the Navaho 30a goes, I was judging the thing as a young teenager who didn't know any better. I was using the thing to talk to high school friends and neighbors, and as far as I remember, I didn't have any problems in that area of use. Most of these people lived within 2-3 miles of me, btw. If I had to listen to that rig today, I'd probably think the receiver totally sucked . 73, Randy AB5NI
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 14:51:50 GMT -5
Hey, I'm listening to www.livecbradio.com/superbowl-channel-6.htm on my computer, and an operator from the "keystone" is blasting in here. Also hearing stations from N.C, too. Going to go listen around your SNUBWAP frequency and 10 AM to see if I can hear u guys. I "might" be able to work you guys, but I'll be using an HTX-10 on an indoor mobile whip, so probably not, but u never know . 73, Randy AB5NI Well, give me 30 mins. or so. Have to set some stuff up
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 21, 2014 15:29:11 GMT -5
Hey, I'm listening to www.livecbradio.com/superbowl-channel-6.htm on my computer, and an operator from the "keystone" is blasting in here. Also hearing stations from N.C, too. Going to go listen around your SNUBWAP frequency and 10 AM to see if I can hear u guys. I "might" be able to work you guys, but I'll be using an HTX-10 on an indoor mobile whip, so probably not, but u never know . 73, Randy AB5NI Well, give me 30 mins. or so. Have to set some stuff up Well you can certainly hear us on Wednesday night's CRR on channel 13 through Spew Radio if there are no conditions. SNUBWAP on Sunday nights would be entirely condition related. But I highly doubt if an indoor antenna would make the trip. There would have to be some really fantastic skywave openings.
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 16:39:19 GMT -5
Hey, I'm listening to www.livecbradio.com/superbowl-channel-6.htm on my computer, and an operator from the "keystone" is blasting in here. Also hearing stations from N.C, too. Going to go listen around your SNUBWAP frequency and 10 AM to see if I can hear u guys. I "might" be able to work you guys, but I'll be using an HTX-10 on an indoor mobile whip, so probably not, but u never know . 73, Randy AB5NI Well, give me 30 mins. or so. Have to set some stuff up Well you can certainly hear us on Wednesday night's CRR on channel 13 through Spew Radio if there are no conditions. SNUBWAP on Sunday nights would be entirely condition related. But I highly doubt if an indoor antenna would make the trip. There would have to be some really fantastic skywave openings. I listen to spew radio quite often, and I make sure I listen to spew during CRR, SB. I agree about the indoor antenna, but I'm pretty much stuck with that until I move my shack to the other side of the house. That is, unless I want to make a 100' coax run across the roof to a place I can put up a real antenna outside. I guess I could put the HTX-10 by itself in my bedroom and put something decent outside on 10, though. I'll look into it and get my yardman to help me put something up. 73, Randy AB5NI
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Post by Afterburner(OT-749) on Oct 21, 2014 20:19:06 GMT -5
Afterburner wrote: LMAO! OF COURSE I'M A COONASS! . The term "Coonass," for you guys that don't know, is actually a derogatory name Cajun's call each other, but it's really a term of endearment we use with friends and family, and, evidently, Afterburner knows this . Hey, AB, look up Cajun on wikipedia and you'll actually read about how the term came about. Years ago, I was playing chess at our local chess club, and my friend (another Cajun) asks me, "Okay, moron! What opening are you going to use this time," and I told him "The Coonass, of course!" (A2-A4 for u chess players. Worst move on the board.) Another member heard this, came over to us, and he was seething with hate and malice. He says, "I'm a lawyer, and I just want you guys to know that I've sued numerous people for using that term!" My friend says, "Listen here, idiot! We are BOTH Cajun and Coonass', so if you don't like that crap, tough s***!!" Most of my career was spent working in engineering firms in Houston. One of the companies I worked for was made up of folks mainly from the UK. Out of 10 folks working there, there was one guy named Eddie who was working on his PhD in Civil Engineering and me, with the rest being from England. Once I was hired and started working there, they found out that I was from Louisiana and Cajun, and my name from that point on was "Coonass" . One day we had a big meeting at Diamond Offshore, with a lot of higher ups and engineers attending, and we were discussing some technical issue that we were having. My boss yells out, "Wait a minute! Hold on! I know the issue we are having here, and COONASS here knows this crap well!! If anyone can fix this, it's him!!" . To this day, I can walk into all of those firms and they'll say, "Well, if it isn't Coonass!" 73, Randy AB5NI AB5NI ... I have lived in LaPlace many years ago. Lived there for two years so yes I am very familiar with the term and the folk down there. Only difference now is that I am a redneck who lives in West Virginia now and I love living on my mountain.
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 20:46:52 GMT -5
Afterburner wrote: LMAO! OF COURSE I'M A COONASS! . The term "Coonass," for you guys that don't know, is actually a derogatory name Cajun's call each other, but it's really a term of endearment we use with friends and family, and, evidently, Afterburner knows this . Hey, AB, look up Cajun on wikipedia and you'll actually read about how the term came about. Years ago, I was playing chess at our local chess club, and my friend (another Cajun) asks me, "Okay, moron! What opening are you going to use this time," and I told him "The Coonass, of course!" (A2-A4 for u chess players. Worst move on the board.) Another member heard this, came over to us, and he was seething with hate and malice. He says, "I'm a lawyer, and I just want you guys to know that I've sued numerous people for using that term!" My friend says, "Listen here, idiot! We are BOTH Cajun and Coonass', so if you don't like that crap, tough s***!!" Most of my career was spent working in engineering firms in Houston. One of the companies I worked for was made up of folks mainly from the UK. Out of 10 folks working there, there was one guy named Eddie who was working on his PhD in Civil Engineering and me, with the rest being from England. Once I was hired and started working there, they found out that I was from Louisiana and Cajun, and my name from that point on was "Coonass" . One day we had a big meeting at Diamond Offshore, with a lot of higher ups and engineers attending, and we were discussing some technical issue that we were having. My boss yells out, "Wait a minute! Hold on! I know the issue we are having here, and COONASS here knows this crap well!! If anyone can fix this, it's him!!" . To this day, I can walk into all of those firms and they'll say, "Well, if it isn't Coonass!" 73, Randy AB5NI AB5NI ... I have lived in LaPlace many years ago. Lived there for two years so yes I am very familiar with the term and the folk down there. Only difference now is that I am a redneck who lives in West Virginia now and I love living on my mountain. I figured you spent some time around this area somewhere, AB . Well, with your two-year stint, let it be known that I hereby proclaim and bestow upon Afterburner the illustrious title of "Honorary Coonass," with all rights and privileges therein till the end of days and beyond! . You are now a member of our extended family . Friend of mine's Mom married a guy from the Shenandoah Valley in WV when I was in my early 20's, and I helped them move up there and worked on the construction of their new home. Beautiful area, for sure. Hope you get to work a lot of DX up on that mountain! UPDATE: They moved the Coonass stuff off the Cajun wikipedia page, and now it has it's own page located here, in all its glory : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonass. You'll also notice that Ronald Reagan was made an "Honorary Coonass" as well, so you'll be in good company and standing being one of us, AB. . (Note: Cajun's are VERY, VERY staunch republicans. We hate "Obama Bin Laden" and his ilk with a fevered passion!!) 73, Coonass
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 21, 2014 21:05:37 GMT -5
Well you can certainly hear us on Wednesday night's CRR on channel 13 through Spew Radio if there are no conditions. SNUBWAP on Sunday nights would be entirely condition related. But I highly doubt if an indoor antenna would make the trip. There would have to be some really fantastic skywave openings. I listen to spew radio quite often, and I make sure I listen to spew during CRR, SB. I agree about the indoor antenna, but I'm pretty much stuck with that until I move my shack to the other side of the house. That is, unless I want to make a 100' coax run across the roof to a place I can put up a real antenna outside. I guess I could put the HTX-10 by itself in my bedroom and put something decent outside on 10, though. I'll look into it and get my yardman to help me put something up. 100' run of feedline is nothing. I run about 150' to my beam mounted on my detached garage. As long as you're not running RG58, you won't have that much cable loss. It certainly beats an indoor antenna. An I-max 2000 is a decent antenna for both 10 and 11 meters. It'll tune up in either place. But because it doesn't have decoupling radials, I'd recommend coiling up about 8 or 9 turns of the feedline (in a 6" diameter) at the base of the antenna to act as a blocking choke for any common mode RF currents that might want to run down the shield of the feedline.
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 21:28:37 GMT -5
I listen to spew radio quite often, and I make sure I listen to spew during CRR, SB. I agree about the indoor antenna, but I'm pretty much stuck with that until I move my shack to the other side of the house. That is, unless I want to make a 100' coax run across the roof to a place I can put up a real antenna outside. I guess I could put the HTX-10 by itself in my bedroom and put something decent outside on 10, though. I'll look into it and get my yardman to help me put something up. 100' run of feedline is nothing. I run about 150' to my beam mounted on my detached garage. As long as you're not running RG58, you won't have that much cable loss. It certainly beats an indoor antenna. An I-max 2000 is a decent antenna for both 10 and 11 meters. It'll tune up in either place. But because it doesn't have decoupling radials, I'd recommend coiling up about 8 or 9 turns of the feedline (in a 6" diameter) at the base of the antenna to act as a blocking choke for any common mode RF currents that might want to run down the shield of the feedline. I do have about a 100' run of Belden RG-8X, which is about -3db per 100' run. I'll look up the I-Max 2000 after I post this message. If they are reasonable in price, I'll order two of them to use as a phased array on 10. While I was listening around on 10 this afternoon, I heard a bunch of W2's, W3's, W4's, VE's, and a big pileup on a ZD7 a bit up from the SNUBWAP frequency. 73, Randy AB5NI Update: I looked at the price of the Imax 2000, and I definitely will pass. I'm going to build a pair of J-Poles and just use those. Not only that, but they'll be stealth antennas and my neighbors won't get pissed off .
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 22:04:07 GMT -5
Hey, 10 & 11 Mtrs are jumping with some sporadic E propagation. I'll be listening on 28.412 +/- a few KHz. MUF must be pretty high, so u 6-Mtr ops might want to check those frequencies as well.
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Update: Just found out there is a big meteor shower going on, so check out 6 and 2 Mtrs for some weird propagation.
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Post by Night Ranger on Oct 21, 2014 22:12:14 GMT -5
Update: I looked at the price of the Imax 2000, and I definitely will pass. I'm going to build a pair of J-Poles and just use those. Not only that, but they'll be stealth antennas and my neighbors won't get pissed off . This is the vertical antenna I use for the CB band. It works great. How to build a cheap wire J-Pole antenna for the CB band www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyh18GyniToNight Ranger
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Post by ab5ni on Oct 21, 2014 22:20:02 GMT -5
Nice. Just what the doctor ordered, and I have a ton or 450 rat-line hanging around as well . 73, Randy AB5NI P.S. Get on 28.412 and test or something to see if I can hear u.
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 22, 2014 6:22:38 GMT -5
100' run of feedline is nothing. I run about 150' to my beam mounted on my detached garage. As long as you're not running RG58, you won't have that much cable loss. It certainly beats an indoor antenna. An I-max 2000 is a decent antenna for both 10 and 11 meters. It'll tune up in either place. But because it doesn't have decoupling radials, I'd recommend coiling up about 8 or 9 turns of the feedline (in a 6" diameter) at the base of the antenna to act as a blocking choke for any common mode RF currents that might want to run down the shield of the feedline. I do have about a 100' run of Belden RG-8X, which is about -3db per 100' run. I'll look up the I-Max 2000 after I post this message. If they are reasonable in price, I'll order two of them to use as a phased array on 10. While I was listening around on 10 this afternoon, I heard a bunch of W2's, W3's, W4's, VE's, and a big pileup on a ZD7 a bit up from the SNUBWAP frequency. 3db of loss is a bit high. I'd opt for a different type of cable. RG213 is about half the loss. LMR-400 even less. We run the SNUBWAP on 28.412 on Sunday nights. It's rare that you'll find any activity there at other times. Channel 13 is still the primary home. I'm lucky if I'm on the radio any more than twice a week (Wed & Sun). Hopefully the band won't be too trashed up by skip noise Wed night. It makes for a less than enjoyable roundup. Unless the skip is of the "E" layer variety and we can work people we know around the country. Most of the "F" layer stuff amounts to little more than an indiscernible chatter of noise, and Spanish speaking stuff that we can't relate to.
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Post by Sandbagger on Oct 22, 2014 7:34:43 GMT -5
The only problem with making wire antennas for CB is that unless you have a really tall tree (or other tall structure) to hoist the antenna up by, it's hard to mount them vertically and get any usable height. But I may have to try this antenna design as I do have one really tall tree to hoist it up by, and it might just work better than my SWR challenged 3 element beam on 10 meters.
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