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hardbody
Dodge Dakota
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12/14/2002
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In reply to "doh" Being that I looked at the pics that wayne linked too in his post and you probably didn't. than my ? makes sense!, I wasn't asking how far do the 3' tall antennas stick above the roof the way you read it which would seem stupid but being that his antennas aren't mounted flush with the trucks roof than my ? is appropriate! In the pics he linked to the antennas are mounted to a fender mount so being that they were 3" tall I wanted to know how much of the 3' sticks above the roof. Is that ok with you?? I know you prob. thought you were being a wise ass with your post, but you are just an ASS period!!! If you don't have something to add to a subject why don't you go play in traffic blindfolded or something!! You can't even use your real name, happy holidays anyway, loser
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doh
Dodge Dakota
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6/28/2003
05:51:22
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hardbody hides behind the moniker "hardbody" then gets pissed because someone "can't even use your real name". What a hypocrit.
"How far does that 3 ft. antenna stick up above the roof?"
3 ft. is and always will be the correct answer as mounting the antenna anywhere else severely restricts the antenna signal. Mounting in the center of the roof on any vehicle is the optimum mounting postion, as mounting lower will cause the signal to reflect away from whatever object on the vehicle, be it another antenna, an advertising sign , roof rack, or another body part of said vehicle. The optimum signal output is a perfect circle from the antenna. When you mount the antenna on a lower part of the vehicle that is no longer true and can be so bad as to completly block both outgoing signal and incoming reception from whatever direction the blockage is in. AND it usually does not significantly increase the signal or reception in the oppposite direction. Imagine if you will a perfect circle drawn on a piece of paper, that is how your signal strength output should look. Now imagine a perfect circle drawn on a piece of paper, BUT with a very large dent in it as if someone has just kicked in the side of it. The second circle is how your signal strenght and reception power looks like when graphed out when you mount an antenna on a low spot on a vehicle. with the dented side representing whatever part of your vehicle is in the way. So mounting the antenna where you propose makes NO SENSE. And only an idiot that is worried about looks instead of function would consider such an installation. So for somebody that want's his antenna to actually do the job he paid for my answer stands on its own merits and your reply to my answer is that of an idiot. But then again you are a know-it-all and already knew that, right? By the way I am a HAM operator, W8TCX, and specialize in designing, building, fixing, reparing and installing antennas. 78,267 customers, and growing, no advertising just word of mouth and have to turn away some work as I just can't do it all, so I must know something, according to my peers.
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Godzilla
Dodge Dakota
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6/14/2004
22:59:32
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I mounted a Wilson "gumdrop" antenna mount with the standard 3/8"-24 (fine thread) threaded antenna base mid-roof on my '99 extended cab. I use a ~65" bottom-loaded stainless steel antenna that I can thread off when I don't want to chance theft. I think that mounting the antenna mid-roof looks fine.
The CB is a 2004 Cobra 29XLT Classic and is mounted down just to the left of the gearshift where it just barely misses being in the way of my knee and doesn't get struck by the gearshift going into (or in) 1st gear. The set-up is fine, functional and effective.
In hindsight I 'might' have considered putting the CB into the stock AM/FM radio slot if I could figure out how to get the damned dash panel off; then I would use an external speaker since the Cobra's speaker would be muffled in behind the dash. I would do this by just opening the Cobra, de-soldering the internal speaker and possibly surface mounting a speaker to the dash someplace; possibly even using the stock speaker re-mounting it out of the chassis and below-surface mounting it someplace behind the dash and drilling "sound holes" tastefully. By the way...my truck is paid off and so I don't mind making mod's to it since I plan to run it into the ground so-to-speak. It can still look nice, despite what you may be thinking!
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hardbody
Dodge Dakota
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6/14/2004
23:22:45
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This topic was such a long time ago I don't even remember writing what I did, your reply to my question "How far does that 3 ft. antenna stick up above the roof?" - "3 ft. is and always will be the correct answer as mounting the antenna anywhere else severely restricts the antenna signal" . Of course what you say is correct and is how I always mount my antenna, but I believe in his pics the antennas were mounted low, which lead to my ? about how much actually sticks above the roof. So in his case the answer is not 3', I apologize for writing what I did who know's I may have been having a bad day or something,
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hardb0dy
Dodge Dakota
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6/14/2004
23:30:47
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doh, so that is you ham call sign? where is that from, as I don't see any info listed under that call sign in the FCC database? I'm not being a wise ass Just curious as to why it doesn't come up.
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old ham
Dodge Dakota
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6/25/2004
21:47:21
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"W" is the eastern united states as in his case, or "K" is west of the mississippi united states other front letters are for other ham signals from other countries via international treaty and the 8 is the region within the eastern us and the TCX is his individual license. newer hams have a "WA" "WB" or "KA" or "KB" for the first two letters within the us of A, going from what his stations letters are he got his tag around 1956 and is licensed to operate commercial stations up to 50,000 watts and privately owned stations up to 5,000 watts, you would not find him on a internet data base as records that old are not computerized. One more thing the license is a lifetime deal not subject to renweal once earned.
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Wal
Dodge Dakota
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6/25/2004
22:12:29
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OLD HAM - I think it's time to check the latest regs ;) No licence class can do 5kw and you must renew your license but you don't have to re-test.
Most likely this is a made up callsign from someone trying to sound important; it is not in the database.
Wal
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Solar Power
Dodge Dakota
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6/26/2004
08:23:19
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Wal is correct I just renewed mine and also it is not free. I believe I payed like $10 bucks so it is pretty cheap. You must renew every 10 years. Doh's call sign should be in there the FCC has painstakingly confuserized all most everything. You can renew online and send your fee electronically. Soon there will only be three classes of license to get instead of 5-6.
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tim
Dodge Dakota
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6/27/2004
20:10:22
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GEEKS
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doh
Dodge Dakota
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3/19/2005
19:37:25
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it is not my "call sign" moron it is my station license and the FCC does not publish those anywhere on the internet. you can get them through freedom of info act, but you must have a legal reason for them.
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