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W4CBJ
08-07-2006, 04:47 PM
[B]THIS IS NO JOKE !
This ad appeared in the Bradenton, FL newspaper on Saturday, August 5, 2006 on page classified 2:
(Copied exactly)
ANTENNA-CB/Ham, mobile,25,000 watts, $25. 758-9245
P.S. the area code is (941) is case you are interested.
Joe W4CBJ.
ab8ro
08-07-2006, 04:54 PM
Cash value of this antenna is 1/10th of a cent per watt.
kf4lne
08-07-2006, 04:56 PM
Can I get a FRS/70cm version of that antenna?
kb2vxa
08-07-2006, 08:06 PM
I wonder what would happen if someone actually put 25KW into one of those thingamabobs. Somehow a Tesla coil display comes to mind, Mythbusters?
kf4lne
08-07-2006, 09:28 PM
i have seen the 25kw antennas, somehow I dont think it can take 25kw for more than .00001 second. When the whip is that thin at the top I bet it wont take more than 2.5kw
WA2ZDY
08-07-2006, 10:05 PM
And I moved down here . . .
XV2PS
08-08-2006, 01:56 AM
25Kw... this is a lightening pole
K4KWH
08-10-2006, 05:08 PM
I would hate to be within 20 feet of any corona! You'd have to have a 3" ball bearing for a static ball!!
LOL!
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WA2ZDY
08-11-2006, 07:16 PM
I gotta have me a few of them. I could use that 50KW signal those things put out!
WA9SVD
08-11-2006, 07:35 PM
Will it work with my ten-speed Raleigh, or will I have to peddle faster and harder???
VE7NOT
08-11-2006, 07:37 PM
Quote[/b] (KB8ANN @ Aug. 11 2006,11:25)]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n150/Paws264/AC_show.gif
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The truck on the right has British Columbia plates... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif No comment
WA9SVD
08-11-2006, 08:06 PM
Quote[/b] (VE7NOT @ Aug. 11 2006,12:37)]Quote[/b] (KB8ANN @ Aug. 11 2006,11:25)]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n150/Paws264/AC_show.gif
50 Thousand Watt Antennas (http://www.network54.com/Realm/famous5/AC_show.GIF)
The truck on the right has British Columbia plates... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif No comment
Does that show (the plates notwithstanding) that "CB'ers" are even more weirder than many hams? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
W5HTW
08-11-2006, 08:10 PM
I have a 50,000 watt microphone for sale for $2800 bucks. And a six thousand amp soldering gun for only $3,000. I need the dough - point me at the nearest CBer.
Ed
WA2ZDY
08-11-2006, 08:26 PM
By the way, did anyone note (I missed it the first time) that those "50KW" antennas are on mag mounts???????????
BWAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Quote[/b] (WA2ZDY @ Aug. 11 2006,16:26)]By the way, did anyone note (I missed it the first time) that those "50KW" antennas are on mag mounts?http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif???
BWAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
There are no driven or "hot" elements on any magmounts.
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W4CBJ
08-13-2006, 03:23 AM
Hey guys, you think the 25,000 watt antenna was funny? I was listening to a 2 meter repeater in Florida not too long ago and a ham said he had built a 9dB gain "J" pole. Of course I thought he was kidding but no he wasn't. When I told him that a 9 dB J pole is impossible, he referred to me as being "negative." When I asked him how he tested the antenna, he just stated that it "sounded more powerfull". Again, nope, I am not kidding you.. 73 Joe W4CBJ
WA9SVD
08-14-2006, 05:25 PM
Quote[/b] (w4cbj @ Aug. 12 2006,20:23)]Hey guys, you think the 25,000 watt antenna was funny? I was listening to a 2 meter repeater in Florida not too long ago and a ham said he had built a 9dB gain "J" pole. Of course I thought he was kidding but no he wasn't. When I told him that a 9 dB J pole is impossible, he referred to me as being "negative." When I asked him how he tested the antenna, he just stated that it "sounded more powerfull". Again, nope, I am not kidding you.. 73 Joe W4CBJ
Maybe the J-Pole DID have 9 dB gain. Over the rubber duck he was using! Or perhaps over no antenna at all. (Or a dead short.) http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
You SHOULD have asked him if that was 9 dBi or 9 dBd!