Thanks for the comments everyone. I am using an IMAX 2000 with a GPK CB base antenna. Just got a small Varmint XL-250 amp. Dead key 65 watts and peak 300 watts. Take care, Bulldog 777.
This is my first time watching your videos, as I am just getting into CB ( I know nothing about them), I am glad I found your channel as I am loving the videos already. Actually I am building a culture with my sons as I am on a mission to get them away from the playing video games all day. I love the fact that I can teach them communication skills as well as respect for the culture. Reno thanks and I love the set-up, hopefully I will get there with my kids and grandkids.
There are plenty of ham radio operators running HF out of apartments. So go look and see what they do and just tailor things for 11 meters. If you have a balcony you can for sure run an 11 meter antenna there. If it has to be an indoor antenna there are still options. The only thing stopping you from getting back into the hobby is you. If I had to move into an apartment I wouldn't stop playing radio. I would just get creative with my antennas. Since I am a ham I wouldn't just be running 11 meters. I would be running 2 meters, 70cm's, maybe 6 meters, and several HF bands. With a magnetic loop antenna I could cover 20-10 meters. I would also go to public parks to operate. So you should get back into radio if it's something you really enjoy. You don't need a huge tower and yagi to have fun.
Mag loops are a great indoor antenna for CB. If you run any power, it will need a big variable capacitor, with a large gap, but they can be made from sheetmetal, or tin in jars, and they are also directional, and do not require a tuner, but a very good swr or antenna analyzer is a must. I have tuned one based on recieved signal level, and was in safe swr range, but very risky.
hey bulldog ive talked all over the country with a barefoot modded 29lx and can hear/talk to anyone but i haven't heard you on 28.... 151 north dakota. maybe catch you sometime!
gascan Explode...that is where the challenge is at Barefooted and seeing how well everything works in a Fine Tuned Antenna.. Bulldog777 pick the tiniest station and turn the Separator on... .. Rainmaker663 wishes you a Blessed and Merry Christmas.. Stir up the DX...!
I heard ole Cigar Man, WW, MK, and BJ all talking local out of Lakeland Florida. All those guys are part of the local good time gang. I talk to them every day in the mornings on CH28 before the DX rolls in. We're also on 22 Local a lot. 18 on the pile, sometimes called Lockdown waving a hand. 73's
Nice setup I have a 2950 ranger rci 2nd Gen with audio mod nice radio with an a99 its about 45 feet up and a silver eagle Michael but I lost my power supply years ago in the house fire so know I'm just waiting for another supply so I can run my radio and my messenger two pill..my name was kingpin from Jersey ill ne on again soon..73's
used to love to do this...then made the discovery of ham radio. thought bout it and never did figure out why people dont find dx on 38 then shift to a different channel and have a actual qso
Hello Tripple 777s Could you please tell me what happened to Gunny Puck , hi's web page and his facebook channel is down ???? Is Gunny Puck okay ???? But
They call me shep I have a GalaxySaturn trying to make a homemade and Antenna don't have the money to buy a good one but I love CB radios also I go by Shepfc14 Indiana
"There's a lot of fine folks out there". It's been my experience that the fine folks on 11 meters are mostly hams. Most of what I hear on 11 meters is garbage. Thanks to all the high powered stations and stupids with echo mics CB is pretty much worthless during the day. But in the evenings once the skywave dies down; 11 meters makes a nice local, casual ragchew band. It's a shame that CBers have so thoroughly trashed a perfectly good radio service. Oh well; I am a general class ham, so I have options besides CB.
+purplemutantas Hogwash. Most ham operators are far too full of themselves and thus tend to be a bunch of holier-than-thou jerks. Even you couldn't post a comment without criticizing. It gets tiring, man. Contrary to your delusions, you're not one of those "fine folks."
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i think i have heard you on cb a fiew times but could never work you as i only use legal power. if ur on AM i could maybe work u but with my little ge portable unit with a rubberr ducky stock antenna i can never tell lol, never thought i'd swee the people i hear on cb right here on youtube. i dont have a handle no but, if u hear KCY53511 which is the standered call i use or 2SY53511 which is for DX, drop me a qsl card at this email. im back on the side for now bye bye bye.
