hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?

(BIG BEN) wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?

You could run it on a 12V power supply, or even a car battery if you charge
it every now and then.

BIG BEN wrote:

hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?

Just get yourself an AC to DC inverter, from there the hardware you need
should become immediately clear.

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BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

as you may all raedy know i'm new at this what are you asking for it

Scott in Baltimore wrote:
BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

BIG BEN wrote:
as you may all raedy know i'm new at this what are you asking for it


I'm asking $40. They are heavy so shipping would be expensive. That's
why I asked where you are. You can tell where I am. Another question,
what do you intend to use for an antenna? A CB needs at least a 1/4
wave to get out. A back of set antenna, or a mobile antenna without
a car won't cut it. An Antron 99 is a marginal half wave dipole that
allows a l ot of signal to feed down the shield of the coax causing
you and your neighbors a lot of grief when you bleed into the household
electronics. A quarterwave groundplane would work better then an A-99.

A quarter wave at 27.185 MHz is about 8.5 feet. A 1/4 wave needs 18
feet of radial space around the base of it.

Building antennas at 11 meters are big items. 2 meter antennas are
much smaller and easier to work with. (of course you'd need a ham
ticket to use 2 meters)

(BIG BEN) wrote in
:

hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


To use the CB in the house as a Super-Base, You first need to put it
in a microwave oven and run the oven for ten minutes on high power. This
will harden the internal electronics so you can power it with household
110 volt electricity.

Next, Find an old AC 110V household power cord. Connect the red(+) wire
from the CB Radio to one side, and the black(-) wire from the CB to the
other one. House current is alternating current so it doesn' matter which
is which you connect the wires to. Now, plug it into the wall.

Household power is much higher than the little twelve volts you get from a
small car battery, So you should have a boomming signal. Also, put in 30
amp fuses in the fuse holders so your radio can use the higher power more
effectively. When your radio starts smoking, you know you're getting out
good. Use the instruction manual that came with the CB to wiff away the
smoke if it gets too thick.

HTH, 73

SC

Slow Code wrote:
Now, plug it into the wall.

Will that make me louder?

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
...
BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

Normally I hate Pyramid products, but I have Gold series 25 amp 6-15 volt
adjustable that works great. I got lucky at a pawn shop and stole it for
$20.

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
. ..
Scott in Baltimore wrote:
BIG BEN wrote:
hi i may have made a mistake when i got my mobile radio today i wanted
to use my radio at home i don't have a car what should i do take it
back
?


You need a 12 volt (actually it's 13.8 VDC) power supply.
Where are you? I've got two 12 amp Pyramids here for sale.

BIG BEN wrote:
as you may all raedy know i'm new at this what are you asking for it


I'm asking $40. They are heavy so shipping would be expensive. That's
why I asked where you are. You can tell where I am. Another question,
what do you intend to use for an antenna? A CB needs at least a 1/4
wave to get out. A back of set antenna, or a mobile antenna without
a car won't cut it. An Antron 99 is a marginal half wave dipole that
allows a l ot of signal to feed down the shield of the coax causing
you and your neighbors a lot of grief when you bleed into the household
electronics. A quarterwave groundplane would work better then an A-99.

A quarter wave at 27.185 MHz is about 8.5 feet. A 1/4 wave needs 18
feet of radial space around the base of it.

Building antennas at 11 meters are big items. 2 meter antennas are
much smaller and easier to work with. (of course you'd need a ham
ticket to use 2 meters)

A Star Duster has a small footprint for tight spaces. I liked mine a lot. I
don't know about how well the clones work though.