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Stalker 9fdx, cobra 148, superstar 360fm/3900 all of them, President lincoln / 2830, Ranger 2950, president grant, the list goes on.

Just bought a box standard superstar 3900 of the air for £65.00 all standard so ch19= 33 with kc shift turned to 9 o clock.

Works with 26 ch of fm cb band in the ...

I had a multi mode 2 33-19 it was originally displaying 80ch but a simple wire mod and it displays 40ch even though only 26 on uk fm, But it worked all the world mainly europe from the car & used it with a turner hand mike sounded well.

It was a bit scruffy to look at & my only mistake was leaving ...

On muppets you will hear them on high band fm, What you really need is a sideband rig were all the fun really is.

Not a very informative place this no ideas anyone?

I did it 10 years ago it was a bit harder then and today it's much easier i say do it and use both. :D

You can sit on 555 all day and nobody's on but a dial to 18 metres or 20 or 40 plenty to listen to and talk to, So much more life but sometimes not as much fun as the 555 which is more free to be ...

Sirio 827 just love it owned the Sirio 2016 for 12 years but the 827 is much better & plenty about new or second hand it's just a big antenna unlike the antron 99 and others.

Buy the groundplane disc it secures the groundplanes from rattling in the wind or when birds sit on it they don't bend. Fat ...

Got a superstar 3900 red led channel with 3 band abcdef with high/low switch unsure of model.

It's box standard and bleep always on which doo dar do i remove clip or fit a switch to id like to disable it or ch9 for a switch? :D

Seen something on google but any pictures of item and location would ...

Are you just off frequency is this why you hear them better?

Tune in with your clarifier to listen to them the kc shift is for transmit.

Or you could just get a 11 metre ssb rig like a stalker, multimode, cobra, and go on 27.555 like everybody else does illegal of course.

But the foundation licsense is a great step but still you would be illegal on the 27.555 but not on the ham bands it's your choice, i do both.

It won't power the amp it may warble on audio as seen as your only on fm it should be ok if it was ssb you would sound crap.

Most folks have a sepperate power supply or use 20-25amp psu to work these this is what i use then you can have various things running at the same time or use a car battery ...

Yes you may just be ok no larger linear as it will draw more current 6 amp minimum 6-8 amp psu,

i was wondering if pre amps are any good

A pre amp is ONLY for the received signal it makes the guy your talking to much clearer and better quality it can make you listen to a weak station were as if you didn't have one you may not hear them very well.

A linear or booster or kicker is a simple ...

Yupiteru and Realistic do ok Yupiteru is better and covers the hf bands so you can listen on 5mhz to air traffic over the atlantic.

200mhz is where the military airband is so you need a scanner with no gaps i have a Realistic took it to Waddington in july worked a treat & listen to military red ...

What you need is a good antenna with a low swr first or the amp is a waste of time.

Btter still use 25w out of the radio if it does that or get a cheap hf rig that will do 100w and you can adjust the power to were you want it.

But the psu you have is of no use 6 amps is too low 7-9 to run my old ...

President Adams & Mc Kinley great rigs some have fm mine didn't not to matter worked the world back in the day on the Adams.

President Lincoln ok not a great favorite had from new and sold to buy Hf.

Never owned a grant but sound good.