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January 14th 05, 11:43 PM

"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:09:26 GMT, wrote:

Vinnie, Frank, pay attention. He is going to do a buried 150 ft coax
run to the tree, right? What's the velocity factor of RG8 or of the
coax he will use? Do the math, how much of his 4w out will reach the
antenna? He claims he isnt gonna keyclown, but I think he's lying.

Oh, are you a mind reader? I only have an amp in my car, and that is
only a 100
watt amp, and I do pretty well with that. I think it's the smallest amp
I can
buy. I have no desire to run 1,000 watts or 100 watts at home. If
anything, I
might get a Lincoln or 2510 for the extra power. But as far as
keyclowning, I
have no desire to do that.

Sorry to disappoint you, but it seems I am one less person for you to
hate, and
that must be devastating to you.

I'm not a hater dude, but I *was* right about you running an amp
and a keyclown radio i.e. 2510 or a Lincoln.

No you weren't. It's pretty well known that a 10 watt output will be
slightly
better than a 4 watt output.

It may be low level
keyclowning, but it's keyclowning all the same.

Link please. I want to know the requirements for keyclowning. Please
provide
evidence.

FYI, all I own right now for a base, is a newer 4 watt handheld, and the
CB my
father gave me in 1983, which can't be modded.

And the only reason I have an amp in the car, is because I drive for a
living,
and drive in and out of mountains, and sometimes can't reach a damn
trucker 1/2
mile away. And since I can get all over the world with that amp, there is
no
reason to get another one.

I still dont understand
what you feel is wrong with a regular CB base station antenna on your
roof. Is it too simple for you?

Well, it's damn ugly. I don't care. But my wife and neighbors might give a
****.
And since I just don't want to deal with that.

Secondly, I would eventually like to go to ham, barefoot again. Much to
your
dismay. Whatever the Icoms or Yaesu come with, 100 W peak, that is what I
will
run. So the only way to get a mulitband ham antenna is a multiband dipole
(as
far as I know). If I run the coax once into the woods, than I can use it
when I
go to ham.

You could use a ground mounted vertical. In that case, you'll be all set
with the buried coax.