Eskimo

Funny thing about "gain" antennae.. as you add more "gain", it reduces the amount of signal you'll get other than 90* from the way the antenna is pointed.

picture your antenna perfectly vertical. A regular 'ol antenna has a pattern that looks much like a donut from the side. receives from above, below, to the sides, equally well.

As you get into gain antennae, that donut flattens out, and it becomes more picky about how it's aimed. On your truck, as the antenna moves around in the wind, this can cause reception fading in and out...

a top-load fiberglass unit will do you best if you're not willing to mount it on the roof... Wilson make goond antennas.

Captain

what about like the wilson trucker series antenna? like a 2000 or something? one of the steel types that threds in? are they any better at receiving then fiberglass? reciving is my issue right now not transmitting.

Captain

Also those "10 mete raidos" the really powerfull ones. Galaxy makes one I like the dx95t. Does that work on whatever frequency or channel or whatever CB's run on? I know it has a lot more power and its for like export use only. I'd like to get one of those if I can use it as a cb other wise a galaxy 959 or 979. not sure yet.

phox_mulder

I have the one in my sig.

Yes, it's one of them "export only" radios that has been "tuned" to use the CB freqs as well.
Also tuned up the power a bit.
Can't remember where I got it, was an internet site, and it was tuned before they shipped it.

I like it, bit big and bulky, but performs very well.


phox

Captain

I dont know phox. I think it would just be alot easyer for me to swap trucks with you. Save me alot of money and work too

TPilaske

I got a question now...

What's the point in upping the power of your radio so your transmitting say 15 miles instead of the normal 3 to 5 or so...?

I figure if your transmitting that far and I hear you, when I respond, your probably not going to hear me so what's the point? Or your going to step all over everyone else...

So... "what's the point?" is my question!

Tony

phox_mulder

99% of the big rigs are also running hot, so they'll be able to talk to you just fine.

Close quarters talkin' to a friend, you just turn the power down a bit (Galaxys can do this)


phox

phox_mulder

If yours is a quad cab, that sounds like a fair trade


phox

(nope, just checked your album, I need more room than a single cab)

Captain

Me too. I want a quad for a 12v pizza oven and fridge I found. Maybe I shoulda just bought a regular big rig. I found a place, http://www.pepperelectronics.com has the glaxay 10m raidos and can tune them for CB.

Also besieds the truckers having juiced up radios, my friend and I will get the same ones so we can always talk to each other. I might need an amp though depending on how far I roam. On his galaxy 959 he got some guy in FL from his driveway in PA.