On Feb 26, 6:11�pm, wrote:
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* *Oh, my, JS, you've been listening to CB traffic on I-5 again,
* *ain'tcha? *:-)

* *Got two old, ancient CBs but no "leen-yar," the old mobile
* *whips (two) are in the garage. *Got no farther in "truckin"
* *since 1954 and a military vehicle "license" to drive a 3/4-ton
* *and 2 1/2-ton truck. *:-)

* *But, there's truckin' and then there's "truckin." *When the
* *Johnson Viking was in my '53 Austin-Healey sports car,
* *THAT was "truckin." *Once in a while I turned the radio on,
* *too... *:-)

* *Catch ya on the flipflop,
* *Threes, LA

Len:

Mercy sakes alive, get the Austin-Healey back and fired up with the
Johnson Viking and a 8 ft. whip, I'll stick a an old Gonset 11m tube
rig on my Harley with a 4 ft. helical wound fiberglass antenna and it
looks like we'll have ourselves a convoy!

Don't worry about the leen-yar, if I drive on yer bumper there'll be
no problem ... but do have a couple of 300 watt motorola 2-30mhz
xistor amps here ... I don't think the alternator on the harley will
run the amp though, I'll probably have to ride yer bumper. *evil
grin

No joy, JS. The Austin-Healey got traded in on the unwise
demands of a lady who got very attached to me back in '61.
It DID work surprisingly well with a base-loaded shorty whip.
The A-H had an all-aluminum body with great conductivity
in body panel seams. Mobile-wise, a 20-mile shoot was clear
and distinct with the puny 3 W of AMed RF, even with some
QRM. The single-conversion receiver (direct to 455 KHz, not
good) didn't like close-in signals like on the 101 and would
cross-modulate anyone within 10 car lengths on the freeway.

Threes, LA