Re: Another CB victory

[Jim Griffin <JGriff@pobox.com>]

At 10:16 PM 02/28/97 -0800, you wrote:

>Jim is absolutely right. You can not overappreciate the value of a CB in
>the car. I have gradually come to rely on my CB more than on my V1!

Ditto!! Usually, nowadays, my radar detector never goes off!! The CB is a MUST!!

>> Obligatory Audi content: The CB is installed very stealth-like in my '92
>> 100S... someday I'll try to put some pix up on my web-page.
>
>It's a pity that I did not get to see it during our last meet in Harrisburg
at the Mid-Atlantic Q-club.
>Mine is hidden in the driver side parcel shelf, under the dash. I hardwired
it's output to the LF speaker.
>The antenna is a front mounted sloped one, of a through the glass variety.
A very stealth install indeed.

I remember seeing your setup at the meeting prior to this last one. Nice
arrangement. I am surprised, however, that you've had the success you've had
with the glass-mount. Very surprising, since I did not like mine, and a guy
that works for me just got rid of his. And the guy from Antenna World
strongly recommended against them. As well, all the "experts" in the
rec.radio.cb newsgroup also discouraged their use.

I'm very surprised that you could get 20+ miles with it, especially with it
not tuned with an SWR meter. Even the K40 could only get about 10 miles in
each direction.

Hmm... go figure. Oh well, as long as it works for you....

(BTW, how did you get it grounded properly? Did you run a ground wire to it
somehow?)

                             Jim Griffin
                      JGriff@pobox.com
  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4475
                        Maryland, USA
   "Perception is often stronger than reality!"
                               '92 100S
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