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Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?
Even barefoot, the Johnson Messenger II put out 5 watts after the final. Then the FCC stepped in and mandated that CB transceivers should be at 5W in/3.5W out. But radios already sold were grandfathered in. Same with the Messenger I [Whitefaces], same circuits, simpler front -- 5 Xtals.
My Blackface once belonged to an aircraft engineer's son, whose Dad looked at it one evening, and tinkering overnight, rigged a bypass slideswitch on the side that cut out a limiting resistor and let the full output potential of 10W loose.
With a 1/4 wave whip and a solid Chevy steel frame for a ground, I never needed a linear.
I used to run a HyGain Hustler break-over mast with a loaded-coil short whip on top. Then the stub load coil broke. I tried a red Shakespeare stick, but the AZ Dept of Public Safety [Highway Patrol in these parts] pulled me over and said my antenna combo was at an illegal height. [>13'] I have a shorter stub now but I need to tune in the SWR for optimum output.
Threes and eights. Orange Sunshine's clear.
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Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.
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