Enjoyed the vid. Down here in Southern az, and man can we have some wicked winds! I have a vq3 that I'm going to put up this winter. Not a big antenna, but still excited to see how it performs.
Got it up, and it's working real good. Alot of compliments from fellowCBers. I'm going to get it put up to height when the weather clears over here!! 73s from the az cactus patch!!!
I been on CB since 1968. I had a radio shack 5/8 wave ground plain. The only thing that had to deal with a lot of static. 8 lbs at all times. I also had a courier conquer 3
Thanks for sharing video.. all these years have come and gone.. and people are still getting educated from a very well explained video.. thank you so much..( DESPERADO 56 NORTH OF TAMPA FL.). be safe and stay well EVERYONE..73 's
Albee4ty5 Back in the mid to late 70's is when I was previously using a CB; but not since then. I'm now trying to prep for WROL scenarios, and communication is my top priority. Any direction you can provide is definitely sincerely appreciated. I'm unsure what brand will be the best investment (radio, home/mobile antenna, etc). in 1970's I had a Midland CB, but Cobra and Galaxy seem to be top of the heap mobile units now, although some argue Galaxy has problems. I'll appreciate your thoughts (antenna & radio).
I have a couple of galaxy radios, and they talk well....on am. All of them are off on sideband. This after already having been aligned. Just my experience. I tend to like some of the older radios.
Same holds true for 2.4GHz consumer Wifi, where you want your antennas polarized properly for the devices you have... laptops will want a horizontal polarization since built in wifi on a laptop have the antennas in the lid, while tablets and phones your good with a 45 deg polarization and desktops with wifi adapters and antennas are typically vertical..
808pathfinder the antenna isn't the best. it wide banded. or so it emulates. and it capable it reproducing signals out of band. a narrow band antenna, like a magnetic loop. It has to be tuned each time you change a channel. it's no where near as bad splattering as an a99.
Man they still make those antenna's? I got into CB's and building antenna's in the 1970's. However I have relocated and have not set up base station in 10 years because of talking from the Truck and car. I am going to set up this spring season for operating the base station.
13:41 Now that's what I need for my HF5B and 2/m meter beam on my 30 ft Rohn tower. My rig is a Yaesu 757 GX II HF xcvr. The one I have is a Ham rotor / CDE or CDR control box and it just has a arc display from S W N E S with tic marks among those Letters. It has the 8-wire connector on the back and at a box at the tower and up just under the rotor housing. How many connectors does that one have? Good Video :)
So the million dollar question- what estimated range could one potentially expect in an urban residential environment using an SSB capable CB radio with one of these directional house roof mounted antennas if using a data mode to send/receive messages of text like with ribbit/rattlegram? I have a bunch of non-technical people who I could never imagine being able to pass a ham technician exam or wanting to spend $1000+ for a ham base setup asking me what is the best mode of radio to radio emergency communication (20 miles) during a SHTF grid down situation, where there is no cell infrastructure and no power except household emergency backup power. Would getting one of these antennas allow around 20 miles of CB range without having to deal with the engineer level knowledge required to get a ham license?
I have a jo Gunn 4V I never did use it it’s in my garage under the roof … I was told on the Gama you should run it on the back of the element noticing yours is on the front … correct me I’d I’m wrong I will be sitting it up soon getting ready for the peak of the 11 year cycle for skip
You really helped me understand this stuff, I currently run a a99 it's been up only since spring, I want to buy a beam, im looking at the Maco M105c 5 element beam, we to have high winds here in the southeast corner of Utah mostly during the spring, do you think this antenna will hold up to the wind? Also should I get a Sirio s-2016 ground plane antenna? Or is my a 99 the same thing
Mike Hannahs I personally do not trust the Maco antennas if you live in a Highwind area. I had the Maco. Omni directional aluminum antenna and woke up one day and it was blown a bent in half. As far as the Sirio antenna I do not have any knowledge or experience with them. I have had my Joe Gun up for over 10 years now no issues at all with wind. Thnx for watching.
I'll look into those antennas, I don't want to have it broken by wind, I didn't know if that maco antenna was one of the same that could get broken, thanks for the help
It's quite informitive but you terminology needs work. As previously said by someone else, It's a reflector. Beams have elements and gound plane antennas have radials. An Antron or A99 is not a ground plain antenna unless you put a ground plane radial kit on it. Otherwise it's an omnidirectional but not a ground plane. Ground plane antennas are the Maco V58 or a HyGain SPT 500 and includes the Serio Ground Planes (though Serio makes antennas without ground plane radials). All that said, your video is not far off. Not a bad job. Haters a judges will hate and judge.
yes the haters should see you wasn't talking to them you were talking to beginners and did a detailed ad fin job i wish someone would have explained the way you did when i was nine it would have helped me greatly i set my base up by my self then my my didn't know how she did get a license so i could talk though and got me a twenty dollar radio and i think fifteen dollar antenna from radio shack for christmas and five dollar hundred foot of skinny cox i found the pole and scroundged a power supply.
Steve, By commenting, you just became a hater! I'm tring to help this man with his terminolgy and you have to jump in there with hater talk. None of us are perfect Steve. I'm just trying to help one human being be better at something.
some people have to try and correct everyone even when they knew what was being conveyed. Must be something about the fact that they have to belittle other people to make themselves look better in THEIR own eyes, sad really sad
i like strong omni antennas. I'm going to build a cb j-pole. a true 1/2 wave over a 1/4. and thought to be better ground wave antenna over an imax2000. this refering to youtube video of dave tadlock. its 25 feet long. the imax is how long? arial in the air is signal to a point. then there's co phasing 1/2 waves stacked one atop the other, in multiples of 2. so you have one. stack one atop, now its two. and then 4. 3 atop the first. your signals if it were visable light. it would look like a wide pancake. your neighbors might have a hard time hearing you. if your on a hill, and they in a hole. but aint it a fun hobbie. even if no one on it, can run for president, because of the language.
