Colorado B.S. Thread

Nope. those are the mods

 

okay I am back! Some guy pulled up next to me this evening asking me if I wanted to buy wheels...what the hell is going on in the world! I have to stop listening to country music....I end up attracting all sort of weirdos.

 

im in trouble then. wish a mod would reply to my question.

 

Oh man this thread cracked me up! His plates read handlebars with his picture

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/what-have-you-done-to-your-3rd-gen-today.399305/page-572

 

Thanks to all this talk on CBs tonight, I just pulled the trigger on a Cobra 29LX with a 5' tunable firestik. Not messing around this time.

 

i use vhf

 

Yup.

Sound deadener like Dynomat is used to stiffen up sheet metal that otherwise resonates a lot.

The floor is very rigid already given the extra structural design/components and the seats being bolted to it, etc.

If you really want to see gains on the floor, you need to use a mass loaded vinyl. That will really cut down on the frequencies that infiltrate the cab through the floor.

 

You sure it's tuned properly and you're not just frying all your CBs?

 

I still can't tune my friggen set up.

I blame @45acp and the antenna he gave me.

 

Mine was tuned. The one in the crawler was done by the previous owner and never really worked right anyway, so that one I'm not sure if it was or not.

I even spent over $70 to get it looked at and boosted and it still didn't freaking work. I found it had a broken wire inside the mic cable too and thought that was my issue. New mic and nada.

 

Think I'm good at 1.8 mhz for my swr reading? I am trying to get a better ground. I think I'm gonna have to grind down where the paint is on the hood hinge and under it so it gets a solid ground point and plane to retrieve better readings!

 

They say 1.5 or less is acceptable. Better get to grinding or add a ground cable.

 

That's what I did. I'm grounded off of the hood and off the driver wheel well.

 

Use 1" bonding strap to ground the hood to the body and see what that changes. Though, at stock radio wattage 1.8to1 SWR is completely ok.

 

I run a roof mount antenna mounted to an aluminum puck to spread the antenna load. It is a steel whip so it handles the trees well. I was able to get a flat 40 channel tune at 1.1to1 SWR. Siro 5000 performer, they can be hard to come by though.

 

Brian you ready to HAM yet? I am kind of itching to take the class and get my license.

 

Yeah I gotta do somethin!

 

Will do. That's just that steel strapping with the holes in it correct?

 

So what is the difference between a regular CB and a HAM radio?

 

Frequency range and licensing. The radio quality is way higher and with the proper setup can net longer ranges legally. Ability to send digital information. Call signs and other rules that help to keep the airwaves clearer.

CB is kinda a free for all. No regulation unless you are doing something really, really destructive/stupid.