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Proper Base Station & Mobile Grounding
Proper grounding of your equipment is very important. Not only in performance but if you’re running high power there are health risks involved with stray RF emissions. I know of cases where operators have gotten shocks while keying up and touching the mic to their lip. Proper grounding will correct this problem. In setting up […]
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The RF Limited UTB-1 – CB World Informer
The Universal Talk-Back Board is what the name suggests, a talkback PC board that installs into any CB or 10-Meter transceiver and produces adjustable talkback. It’s the first talkback board that incorporates an on-board audio amp. This allows talkback, which will work on all modes of communication, to be installed in any radio. This board […]
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Bob’s CB Has Opened – CB World Informer
I thank everyone for their patients during this time of relocating. I’m sorry the newsletter has been so late. Reopening the store has taken many hours of work and it’s set my schedule on its ear. I know many of you will be interested in a price list or catalog but it will be a […]
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Galaxy DX 2547 Service Manual Excerpts
Support, support, support…The Galaxy support department was gracious enough to send the Galaxy Noise Filter schematic with out a request! This is what is missing in most instances these days with large consumer electronics companies. Their either to big to follow up on details, don’t know were to get the information, or plain don’t care. […]
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Review Of The Midland 79-290
The Midland 79-290 is the smallest sideband mobile available today. It measures only 2″ high by 6.25″ wide by 7″ deep. The small size combined with the detachable face makes it possible to safely mount it permanently in many vehicles. This is a new generation of CB radio designed and manufactured in Korea. Instead of […]
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A Message From The Editor – CB World Informer
The third web issue of CB World Informer has been completed. I sincerely hope you enjoy it and find the information useful. Great care has been taken to insure the accuracy of the information within these articles. It was a challenge, to say the least, this past month to concentrate on CB radio after the […]
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Dragon Super Heavy-Duty SO-239 Stud
With the newer heavier antennas on the market today, the old standard antenna stud mount may not be up to the job. Standard antenna mirror mounts come equipped with a standard chrome plated brass stud mount. Brass is fine for the standard fiberglass whip antennas, but its a soft metal and the threads can strip […]
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RCI 6900F TB Frequency And Clarifier Modification
Expanding The Coverage Of The RCI-6900F 1. Remove the 100 ohm resistor on the circuit side of the PC board. 2. Turn the radio over and move the connector with three wires from J5 to J29.The HI/LO switch becomes a frequency HI/LO control, doubling the bands from 6 to 12. Figure 1 Clarifier Modification (Refer To Figure […]
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Follow-Up Of The Magnum Maverick A24 Radio
Back in the August issue I did an article on the new Magnum Maverick A34 10-meter radio. As mention in that article the radio submitted for review was a pre-production unit. Finally Magnum received 20 production radios and I was able to convince them to send one in. This time it arrived complete in a […]
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BULKHEAD GROUNDING FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Most telecommunications facilities in the Land Mobile Services, Broadcast, Amateur and Personal Services are woefully under-grounded. Each year insurance companies pay out thousands in claims for lightning damage to installations that are “fully lightning protected”. When inspecting these facilities it’s easy to see why lightning damage so easily caused, or why the station suffers from […]
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