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   From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk   
      
   In message , Brian Howie   
    writes   
   >In message <6jJqdlBLrdBZFwjm@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson   
   > writes   
   >>In message <94eb2c06c01c216203054e60dd8f@google.com>, Southgate   
   >>Amateur Radio News RSS Feed  writes   
   >>Under its new Chair Ajit Pai, the FCC is seeking to modernize radio   
   >>regulations and is scrapping pointless rules like the 250 km (155.3   
   >>mile) restriction on Citizen Band Radio contacts."   
   >>   
   >>It's that additional one third of a mile makes all the difference. I   
   >>wonder if it is at the TX end or the RX end?   
   >>   
   >>Also, I believe that some people have difficulty in getting even   
   >>quarter of a mile.   
   >   
   >CB  vehicle mounted whips have quite a  low radiation angle ~ 20deg, so   
   >someone on another vehicle 1/4 mile away might get  a very weak signal.   
   >   
   I assure you that this is highly unlikely. At 1/4 mile, even an FL   
   signal would be colossal!   
      
   >High angle is good for working skip of course.   
   >   
   >A 5/8 lambda works better, but for 27MHz on a vehicle is being silly.   
   >   
   >   
   >Loading coils can be quite lossy too.   
   >   
   >na---20000-watts-26mhz-30mhz/>   
   >   
   >All the high numbers and 10-10 .   
   >   
   My best 29MHz DX mobile was Jamaica, with me running 40W when dropping   
   down from the M4 into Bath. The whip was a standard legal (shortish) CB   
   type, mounted in the centre of the top lip of the rear door of my Ford   
   Escort. It was resonated at the top end of 10m by the simple addition of   
   a series capacitor (33p?) at the feed point.   
   --   
   Ian   
      
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