On a sunny day (Thu, 11 May 2006 08:47:13 -0600) it happened "prairie farm"
wrote in :

He, great, another mystery solved, ur Dutch I guess, just like me, but I
ended up in Canada.
Ducth yes.

One more, the antenna has nothing adjustable on it, I just checked. A 10
feet pole with at the bottom a "normal" connection to a "normal" cable.
"normal" = all my ends of cable will fit on it. This is held in a steel base
part, looks like the wooden pole is caught in a tube of about 14" high and
that will also be the part I will use to hang it to the gable of my shop.
Pole it self is wood, with a connecting cable going through it to the top,
on the top a steel screw connection to pole number 2, 8 feet long. Also wood
with ? in it. It all ends in a rubber cap at the top. The wood was painted
and I sanded it down and put a first coat of paint on again. If that part
cant' be adjusted, the length of the cable will be important, as far as I
get it. Is the assumption right ? Do I cut of a small piece of the cable,
solder on the coupler again and try again for improvement?
Thanks for any help here.

I would test the SWR first, and leave it if it is less then 2.5 or so.
SWR usually is frequency dependent, so test midband, ch20, and also
high and low band.
This will also give a hint if it is too short or too long.
If the SWR is better (REF = lower) at high band then at mid band, then the
length is too short.


And this is two then I also found two 30 watt amplifiers, they run on 12
volts and have two "normal" connections for the antenna cable. One in and
one out I guess. While testing with the swr thingy they should be in the
loop too?


microphone----cbset----amplifier----swr meter-----antenna

Are those things necessary, a huge improvement or just a gadget
for the show?

I dunno what the regulations are in Canada.
Maybe there is a maximum power (like here it is 4W FM for example).
Of course more power will make people hear you further away, but
if they use normal power, only a better antenna and better sensitivity
can make you hear them.
And a better antenna will compensate for more power.
That leaves better sensitivity you need (apart from the legal stuff).