Good luck with the tests impact...you will have to take the technician and general at the same time in order to get the general (plus that saves paying $14 twice). A lot of folks do it that way I am told, I simply didn't feel like it.

 

When i took my test for tech a few months ago the way it was if u passed the tech u took the general for free. If u passed the general then u took the next level for free. So if u studied u could go take your tech and if u ended up passing all of them u could walk away with a Extra Class License all for just the original 14 dollars.

Plus since your a comm troop Impact9 should be perty easy for u. There is a lot of community involvement with HAM so theres some EPR bullets for you.

KD0BRK

 

 

You can probally get you swr to a 1:1 by going into avery open area like a field.

 

Oh yeah I know that, I would just do it in the driveway and really carefully tune the stick for channel 20.

 

I am getting 1:1 on channel 1 and 40 then lower in between it is sweet

 

I don't think so. Your tuner is not reading right.

 

ck out jottodesk.com

http://astralcommunications.com/pdf/.../jottodesk.pdf

bottom on first page in the pdf..

 

I will double check all measurements in a couple weeks maybe I did something wrong? It is the tuner that comes with the CB. It has excellent range and works well so it must be close anyways

 

Anyone have any other places they mounted their cb.

 

I have mine in between my seat and the center console. I just have the cheap walmart CB because I rarely use it. Most of the time my antenna is taken down and under my rear seat. When I need it I simply unwrap my magnet mount from under my driver seat, pull out the antenna and put it on the roof. I olny use it when me and my buddies go off roading, or during the hurricanes. lol. For what I use it for the $35 walmart CB works fine. Although there is a really cool cobra CB that is bluetooth and black...I just dont know where to put it...

 

The best position is on the dash .I'm installing my HAM radio control head , 706, by making a bracket that bolts to the tray on my '09 .The bracket brings the radio toward me .In this way it's easily reached and I still have the road in view when working the buttons. If it were on the floor I would have to look down and take my eyes off the road.
BTW there is no longer any Morse code requirement for a HAM license so the basic license is easy to get.
The antenna requirements for the 2meter band and 440 Mhz is simple to install .Best is to drill a hole in the roof. The HF bands are more complex .For the best source of info for mobile HAM radio is www.k0bg.com

 

Here is what I did. I purchased a race radio (aka ham radio) with a detachable face. The face was mounted under the dash and the base unit in the center console.

 

photos:

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...aceradio2.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...rconsole2.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...8-antenna.html