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Twink wrote:so is that 102" smoking your 5000? what kind of differences are you seeing? i've got a 1000, but i'm thinking of getting a 102" as a "mobile base".... meaning i'm hanging out with my buds drinking one night and wanna get on the radio (as in i'm not moving.... ) i've got a four door sedan, no way i'm putting a 102" on there permanantly. i'm scraping my 1000 enough! now if i had a nice dodge quad cab, i don't care i'd have a 102"! but i've yet to hit the lottery...lol
When you hit that lottery I could use a new truck to go with my 102 haha :lol: The whip has better receive I can for sure tell that but as far as the transmit Im not real sure yet, I know my standing wave came down from 1.4 to about barely moving the needle to 1:1. My stepdad lives about 9 miles away and says I sound like im on my base.
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Texas Mobil 219
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Tinman590 wrote:
Twink wrote:so is that 102" smoking your 5000? what kind of differences are you seeing? i've got a 1000, but i'm thinking of getting a 102" as a "mobile base".... meaning i'm hanging out with my buds drinking one night and wanna get on the radio (as in i'm not moving.... ) i've got a four door sedan, no way i'm putting a 102" on there permanantly. i'm scraping my 1000 enough! now if i had a nice dodge quad cab, i don't care i'd have a 102"! but i've yet to hit the lottery...lol
When you hit that lottery I could use a new truck to go with my 102 haha :lol: The whip has better receive I can for sure tell that but as far as the transmit Im not real sure yet, I know my standing wave came down from 1.4 to about barely moving the needle to 1:1. My stepdad lives about 9 miles away and says I sound like im on my base.
Thats what a whip sounds like Tineman. On a bad day i still reach out about 30 miles with my whip. On a good day i pretty my blanket a 100 miles. And when skip is rolling. Endless contacts. I love my 108.
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