Hello All:

Yeah really! My neighbor set his K40 on fire with about 250 watts, and
wanted another new one as they had a guarantee on them to be replaced. I
went with him to the CB shop down town. The lady threw the K40 antenna
into a large box with even more K40's in it! TILT! And said it will be a
while before I get more in!

I said give the K40 back and we will fix it. The 130 pF capacitor had
fried inside the base of the antenna. It was a common mass produced
cheapie capacitor. I replaced the burnt one with 2 each 260 pF caps
wired in parallel to make the 130 pF value. These where Mica 500 VDC
Capacitors. It was a real Bear it get all put back together. We also
replaced the RG-58C CB cheapie coax with RG142 Teflon coax as this will
handle more power safely than the unknown mass produced cheapie coax.

Besides who wants to pay 25 dollars a pop for a transistor for unknown
coax catching on fire?? I sure don't especially with a 8 pill amp!

The K40 worked great after the mod. A few turns of black tape around the
burnt plastic base assebly and some High Gloss Black Paint make it look
real spif a row, Ten-4! We painted on it K40-1 Can do easy G.I.

Jay in the Mojave


PowerHouse Communications wrote:

So that little capacitor in the base of the coil can handle the full 500
watts?