Friday, January 27, 2012

Can I use my existing car antenna to run a CB radio?

I dont want a CB antenna hanging on my car, the paint is very nice and my car isnt made of much metal, I do not use my radio so i am wondering can i route a cb antenna cord to my antenna?Can I use my existing car antenna to run a CB radio?
Yes you can.



There are available signal combiners and antenna tuners.

With this combination you can use the cars standard antenna for both the CB and car radio.



You adjust the match to the CB with the tuner.



However this arrangement is highly inefficient and range will be limited , but if your looking for close car to car convoy type of communication it may just be good enough.Can I use my existing car antenna to run a CB radio?
no you can't. you have to have a cb antenna to get your reception...if you want reception. and there are ways of mounting an antenna on a car and making it look respectable it can also be doen without drilling holes through the outside of the body if you're good enough to do it. but running a cb off a regular car antenna won't work. you're left with 2 options no cb or put an antenna on your car.

How much range should i expect to get from the 8 inch cb radio antenna from west coast mall?

im in a car crew and we go on cruises and we want cb radios to communicate with each other quickly (stopping here for gas, theirs a cop up ahead lol, etc) but we dont want a huge antenna sticking off our cars and we dont really want much range maybe 3-4 blocks range would be more then enough for us so i was wondering if this antenna will do the job? also we will be using the cobra 18 cb radio if that helps... thanks in advanceHow much range should i expect to get from the 8 inch cb radio antenna from west coast mall?
hello. some times you can go up to 2 miles range if no big radio is in the area. but, you should have no problem with just 3-4 blocks. cobra is a good brand.How much range should i expect to get from the 8 inch cb radio antenna from west coast mall?
Hi there.



If the 8 inch antenna is mounted high up , eg on the roof of the car , then it maybe just will do the 3 to 4 block range that you are after.

If its installed on the edge of a fender , then its definitely not going to be good enough.



I would go with a 3 or 4 foot antenna if its not going to be roof mounted.

How do peak and tune my cobra 21ltd cb radio?

40 channel cb radio...want to get it so it does more udeo!How do peak and tune my cobra 21ltd cb radio?
This is illegal.How do peak and tune my cobra 21ltd cb radio?
Do not mess with the circuit! Unless you have a electrical engineering degree... dont! The best way to improve performance is by improving the antenna and using a SWR.

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How do peak and tune my cobra 21ltd cb radio?
Unless you know how a transceiver circuit works then you will totally screw it up by adjusting the coils in the circuits. In order to peak a CB (newer CB's can not be peaked as they have permanently fixed tuning coils) you will need a tone generator, an oscilloscope, a 50 ohm dummy load antenna, and the schematics diagram for the radio. Locate the zenier diode that limits the voltage to the final output driver transistor and cut it on either end. Using the tone generator, inject a 1khz tone into the microphone and wrap a rubber band around the mic button to hold it down while you are tuning the TX coils. Connect your oscilloscope to the antenna and adjust the voltage level on the scope so that you can view the sine wave from the tone generator as it is output through the transmitter. Making only small adjustments at a time, tweak the TX coils until the sine wave is at the highest voltage level you can get without clipping the signal. You now have a peaked CB transmitter. If you don't understand any of this then you will have a screwed up CB that will be extremely difficult if not impossible for even a professional technician to get back in tune. I would suggest taking it to a CB technician to have it done. There's usually one near any truck stop inside a big city.
if your asking you probably dont know what to do inside... you need to bring it to your local "cb tech" and hope he will do it, and do it right. it shouldent be expensive. probably less than 40 bucks

Cb radio questions and concerns in canada please help me deal with rude cb radio operators?

i am a local cb radio operator in canada and i am trying to deal with Rude and vulgar CB Radio Operators on 40 channels what should you recommend that i can do to deal with rude cb radio operators? It is Getting Out Of Control In Canada .Cb radio questions and concerns in canada please help me deal with rude cb radio operators?
people in canada still use CB radios? it is nearly impossible to hear anything on those channels in NY except for the occasional truckers on channel 19, and the dollar vans on whatever channel that they are on...



i would suggest going out and triangulating their location... when you show up at where they are they will realize that they are not as anonymous as they think and may think twice before being such a$sholes...
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  • CB radio is too loud and illegal who do I report to?

    A neighbor has a CB radio that is overpowered and bleeds over the TV and radio. Who do I report this to?CB radio is too loud and illegal who do I report to?
    FCC
    the best thing is just to go talk with the person most of the cb'ers will cut down power or work with your times you do that stuff. Theres no need calling fcc and cops. He has a right too to live in harmony. Maybe you could get a cb and be friends lol...

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    CB radio is too loud and illegal who do I report to?
    .they sell filters for household items and get cable and you wont have to worry either hon.

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    FCC controls that. However, he is disturbing your peace, call the police.CB radio is too loud and illegal who do I report to?
    FCC
    Ofcom in the UK
    Report it to the FCC, Federal Communications Commission.

    Check their website out for reporting info. WWW.FCC.GOV
    Federal Communications Commission
    Walk over and tell him he's walking on you...he may "power down" without an argument.
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at



    http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html



    good luck good buddy!
    Local police or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
    or the police
    Have to tried talking to your neighbor or you are one of those people that want "Daddy" government to take care of you?
    If he is using a linear amp on his radio to boost the power above 5 watts, The the fcc might do something about it. Years ago I had an amateur radio license. A CBer a mile away was using a 2000 wat amp on his radio, and accusing me of causing the interferrence. I specialized in QRP, which involves using morse code and very low power to make long distance contacts. I got a few visit fromt the FCC guy, showed him my logbooks, and QSL confirmations, After about a year of complaints, they raided the CBer and confiscated his amplifier.
    his front door knock and explain the situation and if that don't prevail next step is the police, and FCC.
    cut his coax cables, breaker, breaker 10/4
    i run a cb and mest up the nabbers phone and he can fix it if he dosent git a cb and key up over avd over the fcc will no do **** so ya just jive him a call and if nothing works put a nedle in his coax it will frle his amp
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  • I think my fiance' has been sexually abused by his mother (Please read, yes it is long, but I really need you)?

    Ever since him and his twin brother his mother has always been really werid with him, expeslly my fiancee'. When he was lil she would make the boys (him and his twin brother shower with him) shower with him, up untell they were 9, and the only reason she stoped then was because there father finally steped up and said that was enough. She would always walk around the house naked in front of them, even at 12 years old.



    She absoulty hates me, with all her being! I am 32.6 weeks pregnant with his child, and we are getting married on the 28th of this month, and she treats me like utter sh*@, and he lets her, and sticks up for her.



    He just came home from leave, and ofcourse he is stuck up her a%#, but before he went into the Army, it was just him and her at there house (well appertment). She would get "lonley" as he put it and would sleep in his bed all the time. (HE SLEEPS IN HIS BOXERS, IS A VERY HARD SLEEPER, AND EXPOSES HIMSELF IN HIS SLEEP)



    When I went to his basic trainging graudation, she HAD to be the first one to hug him, there she was, in the middle of the gym where the graudation, all over him, while I am 5 and half months pregnant at the time, waiting for them to get done huging, when he tryed hugging me, she wouldent let him go. We would go into stores that day, and she hung on him the whole day, made him hold her hand, held his arm the whole time.



    When we went to the hotel that me and his oh so wonderful -mother- were staying at, she wouldent let him set by me, she wanted him to lay next to her on the bed.



    The whole day THEY were talking and I was LISTENING.



    She made me sleep on the cot, 22 weeks pregnant, and wouldent help me with anything,..



    The whole day she keep saying like she always does, even tho we are both 18, are haveing a child, I dont have a car, or any money to my name



    "You gonna by me a house right boy?"

    "You should by me that house"

    "I cant wait to move with you were ever you are staioned"



    She is alone, BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR HER BEHAVIOR,



    She only once asked me how I was doing my whole pregnancy, and that was because of my fiance' telling her to.



    He expects us to get along, and I f-ing hate, her, there is so much more to it, if you want to know, I can tell you,..I dident even tell you a quarter of the crap she has put me threw.



    She made him fell bad for spending v-day with me, and only buying her dinner at redlobster and bringing it home to her, so she made him take her to red lobster a couple days after Valentines day, and thats not even the worse part, I diddent know they were doing anything, so I cam to his house and she was treating me like crap. When I was in his room, she called him name



    They were whispering for 10 mins,



    he comes in and I asked him what was wrong?



    he says "my mom is just upset that you are here because I promissed her I would take her to red lobster since I diddent do anything for her on vday"



    I was like ok GOODBYE and left...



    She would always go in there and talk to him while he was in the shower



    at his house they would lay on this small butt couch together, her a** on his you know...



    She always hangs up on him, hugs him, kisses him.



    This whole time he has been in the Army, she has only talked about how hard it is for her, and never asked me how I was, beings I am carrying his child!!!!!!





    Long story short, like I said theres way more,

    I belive with all my heart that she has done something to him or with him, and he gets really offensive if anything like that is brought up.



    How can I tell? How can I get it out of him, How can I help him?



    I was raped, more then once, and I understand how hard it must be to say anything like that, I can only imagen how hard it would be for him to addmit to his wife that his mother touched him.

    BUT I can not let this contnue, even tho we are moveing FARE FARE away from her, that will still affect him in the head as I am sure this has already.



    BUT we are haveing a child, this is really seriuos guys, and I really need your help so please answers, no dumb answers, or mean comments, this is all from the heart, and MY heart is telling me that this isnt right



    I really need all of your help to answer this.. PLEASE DONT IGGNOREI think my fiance' has been sexually abused by his mother (Please read, yes it is long, but I really need you)?
    Wow, you've got a big problem here. It sounds like your mother in law is treating you like crap. But I don't think she's abusing him. She sounds very overprotective, by the way she makes them shower together at a young age and all that other stuff. I have had to deal with mothers whose sons were clearly wrong in a situation and their mother stood up for them anyway. This sounds like the problem here. She must be upset about the fact that her son "got you pregnant" before you two were married and she doesn't want you two to get married. Her and her son sound pretty close and whenever you guys are near each other, she kind of makes him avoid you by always having him stay closer to her than you. She wants to make it seem like he would choose her over you, and hopefully you would back off from the relationship. But don't look at this as the wrong kind of love. It is simply showing mother son love, more love than needed, but just mother son love. This is clearly out of rage, but it isn't your fault that you're having a child, and getting married to this guy is the best thing you two can do.I think my fiance' has been sexually abused by his mother (Please read, yes it is long, but I really need you)?
    i've got to say that this is odd, but having him not stand up for you is bad, confront him, and let him now that you he will have to make his choice, its his mom or you and his kid, no other option
    Doesn't sound like his mom is sexually abusing her son. His mom is just jealous and over protective - Monster-in-Law style. This is quite normal as you see, your fiance is quite young you know, 18yo. I'm sure to a mother, 18yo is still a baby to them. Furthermore, you guys are getting married and you are now pregnant, your fiance has another type of commitment and love which is shared between you and his mother. Of course she'll be jealous (since she used to get all the love and attention to herself)! This is a normal reaction. Most of the time, u need to give some time for her to digest the truth. However, it is the utmost importance that you speak to your fiance about it and let him understand how you feel. I also believe your fiance is quite confuse about this manner as he doesn't want to upset his mother as well as upsetting you. Also let him know that he has to know how to differentiate the love between you and his mother or by giving appropriate attention to each other. One more thing is, try not live with her once you guys get married.

    Its true that letting you sleep on the cot is a bit mean, I believe, his mother is just being really jealous but your fiance should have acted as well. Or at least offer to make the cot really comfortable and apologize to you or sth like that.

    Good luckI think my fiance' has been sexually abused by his mother (Please read, yes it is long, but I really need you)?
    uh wow. i'm not too sure that i would push the subject, no matter how much it means to you. do you know his brother? could you talk to him? maybe he could give you some answers to your many questions. i agree that some of the occasions you described are strange, but everything has a story behind it. maybe it's not a bad one, but on the other hand maybe it is. i'm not sure if i made any sense in what i'm trying to say. good luck with everything that is stressing you.
    First off, why the heck would she make a 22 week pregnant woman sleep in a freakin' cot when she took the bed. Sorry that's just wrong.



    About be abused, I think she may think that since he is her son, she has seen it all. Which she has, so theres nothing wrong with touching him like that and watching him like that. I would sit down and not right away say "Have you been abused or raped by your mother?" but more like "I'm concerned about the way your Mom acts with you. It's kinda weird. What do you think about the way she treats you." Maybe after that he will open up. Tell him that you know it's hard to admit but you won't love him any less if she did do that. I'm sorry she treats you like that. Just think your moving away soon.I think my fiance' has been sexually abused by his mother (Please read, yes it is long, but I really need you)?
    I am only fifteen and have never experienced a situation of the type. But that is super f-cked up that she is like that to her son. Does he have a father you can talk to about it, or anyone that knows her, perhaps his brother? Try talking to relatives. If you can't find out through them, ask him straight up, why are you and your mom so weird around each other? He may stick up for her and you may get into a fight, but in the end wouldn;'t it be worht it? It will make him think about your feelings and if he truly loves you he will be honest with you and tell you sooner or later, and confront his b-tch mother . but then again, im only 15 with no relevance to these situations either. I just want to help you.
    I don't think he's been sexually abused. If he was, don't you think he'd be a tad afraid of her? It seems like he's very close to her, maybe they willingly had sex together or somtheing?

    She seems like the type that wants to be the mommy forever, and is very immature about it. Just don't react to it. When you move away, just avoid all connection to her. Delete phone messages, burn letters, stuff like that.

    Good luck.
    His mother sounds like she has some serious problems...but from what you tell me I am not sure that your husband was abused...on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being definitely abused and 1 being no possibility that he was abused, I would say that the chances are around a 4 or a 5.



    It sounds more like your future mother-in-law has more issues with you than anything...I can't believe she made a pregnant woman sleep on a cot while she slept on the bed with her son...that is so messed up...this woman has issues.



    You should confront her about it if you feel like your fiance will back you up. Have you talked to him about his mother's behavior? I would let this woman have it. And then if possible move far far away from her so she can't meddle with you and your husband's marriage.



    Good luck!
    Aw... Well that is really wrong that she is treating you like sh*t. and your 22 months pregnet? You should sit down and talk with him- of course when she is going to be gone for awhile
    You need to sit down with him and have a frank talk with him about what you suspect. you need to help if if you need to do that. yes hes being used and shes doing this greatly. i have heard of this but never saw it. she is wrong and he is just not knowing what to do you have to help him along and tell him hes ok and he needs to see a good doctor also this is help him with this mess and do it quick. take care and good luck.

    DOES HE LIKE ME? SHOULD I ASK HIM TO GO OUT?

    reeeeealy looove this guy! (not obsessed but like like) I want to ask him out. I am scared he may diss me, or make up rumors. I dont have his # or email. He lasughs and plays ALOT with me and hits me on the head with book, or makes funny yet cruel jokes. But I think guys express their feelings by making fun or being mean to a girl they like. We have know eachother since last year. He asked me on the first day of school " Callie why did you get your hair cut?" I replyed why and he said "Well you look better with long hair" than smiled at me! (not a HUGE smile but a casual one) I really think he may like me, but if you guys will please tell me how to go along with asking him out, or understanding if he likes me, I would be VERY thankful! Another time at our school dance we were all hittin eachother with baloons. Then he kept hittting me so I takled him and hit him witha baloon back. But he sat down and I felt guitly. I didnt apologive though. Because I thought he KNOW I like him!. And we were all dancing to thriller, and he keot BUMMPIN muh butt. I dont know if it was on purpose, but everytime I got it right we'd STILL bump! %26lt;3

    No matter how hard I try he is always in my mind. I really want to ask for his #, but i am scared he may then KNOW I like him! It gets harder each day, And when he comes in from fitness, I stare at him! please guys I want to ask him out soooooo bad but im scared of knowing what he will say. yes no? make rumors hug me? I DONT KNOW! PLEASE HELP ME OUT ALOT PEEPS PLEASE I LOOOOVE HIM!

    But if I ever get up the nerve to ask him and he were to ssay yes.... or I try to get him to know me better, were should I take him? I was thinkin if we getting to know eachother than jungly jims or if we date than movies or redlobster! HELP ME GUYS! I NEED TO KNOW IF HE LIKES ME , IF I SHOULD ASK HIM OUT OR FIST GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER! Thanks guys! ALOT!DOES HE LIKE ME? SHOULD I ASK HIM TO GO OUT?
    get to know him. Lol spend time with him Just pop out a question and say " hey Me %26amp; a group of friends are going to the movies wanna come?" or just small things but never go to a place with just you %26amp; him because thing could probably get a little akward. just try little things like that and see where it leads to :DDOES HE LIKE ME? SHOULD I ASK HIM TO GO OUT?
    Well if you dont drop hints that you like him he may never ask you out. he might be afraid of rejection as well :)

    Some Tip:

    Play with your hair

    Smile alot

    Flirt but not 2 much he might freak outDOES HE LIKE ME? SHOULD I ASK HIM TO GO OUT?
    drop hints, but make it questionable

    its what I would do. it doesn't involve putting yourself out their too much, but if he's interested he'll see u like him, if he's not he won't notice a thing.

    guys tend to see things only if they want to so yea!



    BUT DEFINITELY GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER!!

    he may not be worth it.



    Later, ask him to go somewhere with you because no one else can/wants to go (or something like that). It kinda makes it a date but without the awkwardness.