"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Ken wrote:
The fact that I have received no comments shows that no one is
surprised that some CB'ers are operating at the megawatt level!

Some of them think all that forward power is being accepted
by the antenna. :-)

I sometimes stop into CB shops, just for the comic relief.

500W amplifiers, with big heavy cables, and 10A fuses...
5000W antennas, with RG-58 coax in the package..
"ground plane" extenders, consisting of three 3" stubs that screw in to the
antenna near the base..

Just the antenna names are worth a laugh, "Penetrator", "Intruder",
"Dominator"..

Still, I run a CB on long trips, because I've never had any luck getting
road info on the ham bands.

Lately, there's a big trend to tilt the antennas on trucks forward by 20-45
degrees.
Not sure what that's about.