When It`s Raining !

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Is it just me or is there more activity on the airwaves when its raining...

Now is this due to better reception, due to the rain ???

Or is it just as simple as, due to rain nobody can do much else so jump onto their cb`s... ?

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i was told the rain gave a bad signal but all the truckers nd other user ar stuck in traffic so they start to talk
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WHEN IT RAINS THE SKIP STARTS BOOMING IN [-o<
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Well it’s pouring down today, so what’s better than to sit down, do a bit of surfing whilst listening to the radio
Oh yes almost forgot about quaffing a couple of beers as well :shock: if that not multitasking then I don’t know what is!

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yep well im sitting at my desk and well im scanning but no ones there :( :(
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its raning and i cant here mutch lol also a fellow trucker told me on ch19 fm today that all the truckers sat on ch18 fm but i was pretty sure it was 19 fm
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hi there mart i see you like your sadelta mikes !! *King*
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my a99 has a very high swr and i have wound the rings to the top and still a high swr and then all the way down and then in the middle and its got a high swr
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iv done it well i had a man down the road solder the pl259 plugs on and he had cut the bradel of so there was no ground so resolder them with bradel and now i have 1:1 swr :D
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porky.69 wrote:hi there mart i see you like your sadelta mikes !! *King*
Hello Mr Paul,
Yes regarding the mikes, remember looking in our ‘then’ local cb store (Cats Whiskers of Reading) approximately 26 years ago and thinking I would like one of them and also a K40 aerial lol, well got back into this cb malarkey last year and was disappointed that sadelta no longer make these, so started hunting around.
The memory pro was advertised in the Thunderpole catalogue but not on their website so presumed they had sold out (Thunderpole are located about 3 mile from me) anyway called in for something else and noticed they still had 2 on the shelves! (Unfortunately I had already got one somewhere online). Then was looking at that auction site and noticed the ‘echo master plus classic’ (the one I remembered from the old days) it had never been used, still new in the box, so just had to bid on it.

killer cam wrote:its raning and i cant here mutch lol also a fellow trucker told me on ch19 fm today that all the truckers sat on ch18 fm but i was pretty sure it was 19 fm
Hello Cam
Never heard anyone on ch18 before, mostly everyone here start on ch19fm
killer cam wrote:my a99 has a very high swr and i have wound the rings to the top and still a high swr and then all the way down and then in the middle and its got a high swr
Your high swr may be down to your pl259 plugs – check they are soldered properly and also the braiding is intact and giving a good earth :lol:


Glad you got it sorted

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yes every one hear on ch19
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trucking comp tend to run on there own channels


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mpcapri wrote:Well it’s pouring down today, so what’s better than to sit down, do a bit of surfing whilst listening to the radio
Oh yes almost forgot about quaffing a couple of beers as well :shock: if that not multitasking then I don’t know what is!

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nice hat, i have one to,

not so sure on the tipple though lol :D
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marsh phantom wrote:
nice hat, i have one to,

not so sure on the tipple though lol :D
lol was intending on going fishing sometime this year but just not had the time, there are 2 there from an army store located at Ingoldmells Skegness
Also got the coat and trousers to go with it but won't be wearing it altogether, can just imagine causing a few accidents - hmm you say the tree just jumped out in front of you - yes officer lol

The tipple was John Smiths (and the scotch it out of sight :wink: )
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