"Jeff Mayner" wrote in message
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Wayne Lundberg wrote:
"Jeff Mayner" wrote in message
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Wayne Lundberg wrote:
Thanks. Just wrote him.
Wayne

Get a real radio first if you're gonna start messing with amps. Run
enough power through that cheapy antenna and you'll change the color
of your paint underneath it. ;-)


I used to verify the tuning of our TBL on the USS Collete with a
simple neon tube plus all the 'official' stuff. So I know something
about emissions; which were never powerful enough to hurt a human
being or even a mouse at close range. So... your suggestion of paint
removal is... how should I say it? A bit far fetched? My signal from
that TBL would reach Washington while I was in the sea of Japan.

But I must confess total ignorance when it comes to CB.

I agree. ;-)

With my attempt at levity aside, I was trying to tell you that if all you
want to do is communicate with local, and I do mean local, truckers for
local road info, then your little RS will do the job.

If you are actually going to get into CB further and end up purchasing a
real radio, antenna, and perhaps an amp down the road, then you are better
off buying a decent radio/antenna combo now, and maybe an amp later, and
canceling the RS radio, or sending it back.

If you want to throw money away, well, I guess that's your look-out. I was
just trying to save you some greenbacks. ;-)

Thanks Jeff!

I'll probably end up keeping the emergency CB for the car, and if I get back
into the mood, get a decent station CB with the right equipment, antenna and
mike. After chatting with some truckers and paying more attention to this
newsgroup.

Wayne