At 05:33 PM 6/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > Had a guy that worked with my dadthat was into high power CB.
> > a custom antennae that we designed that would make NASA jealous. On max
> > output, when he keyed the mic the truck would die from the RF interference
> > from the output. Not blowing smoke, or making this up, but he's talked to
> > people from as far away as Australia.
> > Mike Schwall
> > mschwall@flash.net
> >
> > A REAL radio license for ham radio is easy to obtain now and you can
> talk all
> > over the world without danger of winding up in Leavenworth! I can and do
> > talk daily to many European countries as well as all my friends in most all
> > states from my Dak and my 100 watt Kenwood radio (no larger than many CBs)
> > only needs about 18 ampers at 12 volts and will run on any veichle
> electrical
> > system easily. I talk daily to a friend in Mississippi from Texas and
> he is
> > driving a GEO Metro with a stock electrical system.
>
>Jim in Waco
>99 R/T RC FR
>WB5OXQ
He was pumping out over 1500 watts. He was in one of "those groups" of
people. Little eccentric, but was fun to help install the electrical
system upgrades and help design the antenna.
Mike Schwall
mschwall@flash.net
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Robotics Technician
Eddy Current Inspection
Veridian Engineering --Tinker AFB, OK
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