Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

hehehehe the ham international jumbo is a pig to set up for swr purposes. its difficult to se up with a low swr on all channels. i ahve had a number of rigs in the past includeing a certain cobra that had the full job done to it ie recieved 24to 30megs with all the in betweens as well . all modes. and was one of the famous rigs known as the gold. it was built by a famous biulder who lived in plaistow. east london anyway swr has to be a happy medium anything under 2.1 will do. as long as yu are not pushing too much power. on my cobra it pushed to 40 watts pep that is really the limit. jumbos in my view are too big and not as good as they pretend to be. also look out for the jumbo copys ie the uk models. (they are crap ) my old antenna was a silver rod 5/8 wave... and a BIG MAC I not been on air for many years. i currently hold a class 2 amateur radio licence. now own a yaesu xxxxxx hf/vhf /uhf. very old but very good... with a beam half the size of our house( was)

Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

If you mean the old class B license, it doesn't exist anymore, it was merged with the class A when the morse test was dropped and is now known as an advanced class license.

It goes: Foundation(M3), Intermediate(2E0) and Advanced(currently M0)

Jon, M1CBH

Edit: I realise that FlashGorden will know the above already, just posted for the benefit of others

Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

I AGREE WITH RUSS B by the way my call sign is 2E1GAD i have not used the call sign since 2000 shame really ! the last two years live in a block of flats with my wife. my ex has got most of my gear.

Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

I've lived in a ground floor flat with no garden, no place for aerials etc, not good at all.

Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

You must have been licensed just before me: M1DTJ

How do you do

All my gear is stuffed into a box under a load of shoes :)

Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

July 1997

I had a couple of years of inactivity when I lived in a ground floor flat. As soon we moved in to this house I had a 2m/70cm co-linear put up on the side of the house.

I quite often get asked what i've got clamped to the clothes line post as well(HF vertical).

Do either of you(Flashgordon, Uncle Peter) plan on becoming active again?

Re: CB radio - SWR problems
 

I have not been active for yonks. I am G8PZI and I used to live right on the top of the Downs in Surrey but I moved to the bottom of the Downs and could only work locals on 2m. and 70 cms. so I gave up. GB3NS was the local repeater but as far as I am aware it has been relocated.
Ah, happy days having fun with the squeakys

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I probably will actually once I've managed to sort out my licence reissue. Doubt I'll do anything other than mobile or portable though. I'm out on the road a fair bit and often contemplated putting a set in the car once I've managed to find a way through to the battery that is :)