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flashgordon · 01-03-2007, 19:22

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)

01-03-2007, 19:22	#46
flashgordon Inactive Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 22	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)