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January 14th 05, 09:47 PM

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:38:04 GMT, wrote in
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:21:36 GMT, wrote in
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 05:18:49 GMT, wrote in
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Vinnie, don't use a tuner if you don't know WTF you're doing,

The guy want's the most bang for his buck, and he can do that with an
antenna tuner. It will probably cost him a whole $20 and it doesn't
take a college degree to operate -- jeez, it's only three knobs. And
even if you don't know what you are doing you can usually fiddle with
it long enough to tune in a good match to just about anything, even a
bed spring.

you'll be constantly throwing carriers yelling AAUDDIOO whistling
into the mike trying to get 1:1, a real pain in the ass
for anyone trying to use the CB in your area. Forget about radials
in the attic, you'll screw it up, stop trying to get cute, JUST BUY A
NORMAL CB ANTENNA AND PUT IT OUTSIDE, YOU F-ING MAROON.

If you get that upset about such a trivial issue then maybe you should
look for a stress management support group in your area.

Antenna tuner loading his rain gutters? Chances are
good he'll be into all the electronic devices in his house.

That's a crock of **** and you know it.

Yeah, but it's only a partial crock of ****. The rain gutters or wire or
whatever are only half the dipole......

It's not a dipole or even half of a dipole. It's just an untuned hunk
of metal, hence the need for a tuner. And a tuner doesn't turn it into
a hertzian dipole -- it just sets up a resonance so RF current can
flow and therefore radiate.

so the house wiring will become
the other active half and they will radiate.

So what's the problem?

He grounds his tuner to
a ground rod, but also his coax to the radio will tie him in to the
service ground of the residence.

And your point is.....?