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Silverbullet516
New member
Username: Silverbullet516
Post Number: 3
Registered: 7-2012
| | Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2012 - 4:03 pm: | 
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This has been pisted in the tech section with no reply. Im trying to help a young man get his first cb base going. Money is really tight on both ends but im trying anyway. I have a 102" steel whip a battery and charger a cobra 25 and all the coax. This is just scroungings from around the house. Like i say very tight budget. Will this battery and charger work well enough to get this young man started??? |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 374
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2012 - 10:16 pm: |
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I wouldn't run the radio with the charger running.
The unfiltered charger would produce a nice HUM in the Receive/Transmit.
If he knows the tune he might be able to hum along but that would get boring after a while.
The battery would need to have enough capacity to run the radio for a while then charge the battery while the radio is not being used......
The Whip needs some sort of counterpoise to work against since it is not mounted on a vehicle.
Alles ist besser mit Soße!
No I'm not a Tech,I just know enough to be a nuisance.
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Starface
Senior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 3151
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2012 - 10:55 pm: |
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You say Base Station and the 102 steel whip is mobile. Not saying it won't work but not as good as a base antenna.
Your 1st step in a good station ALWAYS starts at the antenna.
Being that money is tight try doing a google search on Hamfest in your area and you just might find a CB base antenna and maybe even a power supply that will run the radio a a reasonable cheap price.
Good Luck. |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 1596
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 - 8:31 am: |
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Will it work well enough to get him started? Depends on what you define as well enough. yes it will work as long: 1) You have a decent groundplane on the 9ft whip ( at l;east 3 radials, each at least 8ft long, 2) you mind a bit of hum on the signal. Depending on how well the charger is filters, and how good the battery is you could have anything from no hum up "can't hear the signal for the hum.
The only true answer is to try it and see.
Tech237
N7AUS
God made me an athiest, who are you to question his wisdom?
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Silverbullet516
New member
Username: Silverbullet516
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2012
| | Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 - 11:42 am: |
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Thank you guys. Since i have last posted this i talked a few others into getting involved. After all the newbies are the future of cb and ham. The other guys where able to donate this young man a maco 5/8 gp and a boomer 500 with built in 35 amp power supply to power the radio. |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1869
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:48 pm: |
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wow thats quite a setup for starting out. wish
i would,ve had that starting out....lol would,ve saved me some money.hope he likes it all ,very nice
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
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Silverbullet516
New member
Username: Silverbullet516
Post Number: 5
Registered: 7-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 8:21 am: |
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Yessire.... lol No joke i had a rca base as my first radio then latter on added a d104dm lolly pop and a maverick 250. It was all borrowed .payed it of 20 dollars at a time... he likes it alot. He was very weary of talking while we where there setting everything up for him... but when we got home on our radio's we couldnt get a word in edge wise. |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 1597
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 8:26 am: |
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Star him out right and legal - get rid of the amp. Ther are enough over-driven distorted signals out there, please don't add another one.
Tech237
N7AUS
God made me an athiest, who are you to question his wisdom?
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Silverbullet516
New member
Username: Silverbullet516
Post Number: 6
Registered: 7-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 8:06 pm: |
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Tech 237 he is running legal power we latter found out the amp part of the boomer doesn't work. He is just using a bone stock cobra 25. After all he was very impressed that he could talk almost 15 miles on a stock radio base to base. |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1871
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 9:52 pm: |
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silverbullet, how high did you guys get his maco up.
was thinking he should see around 30 miles depending on terrain.even with a stock radio
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Silverbullet516
New member
Username: Silverbullet516
Post Number: 7
Registered: 7-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 5:54 pm: |
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Dale he isn't very high maybe 20' from ground to the ground plane. There is a group of us that stay on ch 23 . He has made more distant contacts on the channel depending who is on the radio at the time.. |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1872
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 8:11 pm: |
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ok, well 20 feet isnt bad really. sounds like its working good 4 him .. as i would expect from that antenna
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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