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"Andy Cogswell" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote:
Kinda reminds me of an episode of Cops I saw last night. There was a woman who flagged down the cops and said she gave someone $20 for crack, and they didn't give her the crack. Maybe he should contact the FCC to see if they can mediate this dispute. ![]() Hehe, Darwins theory. -- Mopar http://www.allpar.com/mopar.html Go 40 42 12 |
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"Old School" wrote in message
... Communist or not, It is a fact that 4-5 watts in to a low drive amp is not good. I am not saying that was the reason it blew, but you stated in you message to copper that you was putting this into this amp and they responded accordingly. Im not sure what brand and model of amp it was, so I cant say to much on that. When you get an amp, do not drive it with more than 3 watts unless it is a high drive amp. Even the amps that say they will take up to 7 watts input are full of crap. Most radios will put out about half the PEP on SSB. With the CB he describes, that would be about 6 watts average, peaking up to 12 watts if he gave a good 'ole boy "YeeHaw! I gots me a new lineear!" into the microphone, so overdriving is a definately posibility, but for it to blow with a short burst is really bad. All though a new amp should not have done this that soon, Copper should have replaced it at no charge and warned you that the radio would have to be tuned. Also note: It is against FCC regulations to use external amplifiers on 11 meters. Not good to admit that to Copper. They can also use that against you. Even though they know it can be used there and know it was most likely used there, your self admittance of this should have been conceiled. Of course, commercial amplifiers capable of operating 25 - 30mhz with drive that low out of the box are not legal to sell, so Copper is lucky the FCC hasn't snatched them up like they have so many other online CB shop. Personally, I bought an Imax 2000 many years ago from them and it's still on the roof, working just fine! |
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That's not YOU? Who said it was? It was wa3moj posting,,he said so.
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