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hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?

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BIG BEN wrote:

hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?

Just get yourself an AC to DC inverter, from there the hardware you need
should become immediately clear.

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BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

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as you may all raedy know i'm new at this what are you asking for it

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Scott in Baltimore wrote:
BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

BIG BEN wrote:
as you may all raedy know i'm new at this what are you asking for it


I'm asking $40. They are heavy so shipping would be expensive. That's
why I asked where you are. You can tell where I am. Another question,
what do you intend to use for an antenna? A CB needs at least a 1/4
wave to get out. A back of set antenna, or a mobile antenna without
a car won't cut it. An Antron 99 is a marginal half wave dipole that
allows a l ot of signal to feed down the shield of the coax causing
you and your neighbors a lot of grief when you bleed into the household
electronics. A quarterwave groundplane would work better then an A-99.

A quarter wave at 27.185 MHz is about 8.5 feet. A 1/4 wave needs 18
feet of radial space around the base of it.

Building antennas at 11 meters are big items. 2 meter antennas are
much smaller and easier to work with. (of course you'd need a ham
ticket to use 2 meters)

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Slow Code wrote:
Now, plug it into the wall.

Will that make me louder?

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"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
...
BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

Normally I hate Pyramid products, but I have Gold series 25 amp 6-15 volt
adjustable that works great. I got lucky at a pawn shop and stole it for
$20.

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"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
. ..
Scott in Baltimore wrote:
BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it
back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

BIG BEN wrote:
as you may all raedy know i'm new at this what are you asking for it


I'm asking $40. They are heavy so shipping would be expensive. That's
why I asked where you are. You can tell where I am. Another question,
what do you intend to use for an antenna? A CB needs at least a 1/4
wave to get out. A back of set antenna, or a mobile antenna without
a car won't cut it. An Antron 99 is a marginal half wave dipole that
allows a l ot of signal to feed down the shield of the coax causing
you and your neighbors a lot of grief when you bleed into the household
electronics. A quarterwave groundplane would work better then an A-99.

A quarter wave at 27.185 MHz is about 8.5 feet. A 1/4 wave needs 18
feet of radial space around the base of it.

Building antennas at 11 meters are big items. 2 meter antennas are
much smaller and easier to work with. (of course you'd need a ham
ticket to use 2 meters)

A Star Duster has a small footprint for tight spaces. I liked mine a lot. I
don't know about how well the clones work though.