Frank:

U R an idiot...

U can't tell the difference between forced to use an "L-Match" to be able to
use a radio and thinking it is a "magic device."

Troll? I was hoping you were just a troll instead of a ma'roon! At least a
troll can be communicated with...

John

"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:54:41 -0500, driver42 wrote
in :

Geez fellas... I didnt mean to start a war here. I'm just a truck driver
that wants to do things as right as I can given my situation with pretty
much having a different truck everyday. After reading through this entire
thread I think I'm even more confused :-)


First rule: Avoid any gimmicks or modifications that claim to give you
some profound increase in performance. It doesn't work that way. The
laws of physics dictate that there are only two ways to significantly
improve your performance: use a bigger antenna and/or use more power.
Leave the gadgets and gizmos for the neurotics that want to squeeze
every last milliwatt from their radios (and the morons who like to
watch meter needles bounce).

Second rule: Practically all CB radios are the same in that they have
an output impedance of 50 ohms. This means that the antennas which are
installed on these trucks are most likely -already- adjusted for best
SWR to a 50-ohm radio, and will therefore work just fine with -any- CB
radio you choose to buy, matchbox or not.

Third rule: Don't pray to the SWR god. A dummy load will give you an
SWR of 1:1 but it doesn't make a very good antenna. Your antenna is
best tuned with a field strength meter, and many times the best field
strength does -not- coincide with best SWR. If the radio you choose
has an SWR meter included, great. Think of it as a go/no-go meter:
below 3:1 and everything is fine; above 3:1 and you need to check for
a major malfunction like a disconnected cable, corroded connectors,
busted antenna, etc.


so here's what I'm gonna do. I
will call a few of these cb shops that I've seen on the web and ask them
for their advise and explain to them my circumstances of wanting a good
high quality radio "no amp or stupid toys that make noise" and telling them
that I'll be in a different truck and wont be able to set the SWR and ask
them what would be a good setup for me. One last question for you all that
have been helpful. Can you give me a few sites to good internet dealers
since there arent any physical shops left in my area anymore?
Thanks again for your help guys.


Forget the internet CB shops -- let your fingers do the walking and
contact one of your local commercial radio communication shops. They
do this stuff professionally, they will verify everything I have said,
and will give you the -straight- scoop instead of a bunch of CB
hocus-pocus designed to sell crap to nieve CBers like Brian does.







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