PCS-Electronics

Can somebody please help with providing some advice of how to tune a CB whip antenna to 88 MHz.

The whip antenna has a magnetic mount. At the base of the whip there are 5 turns of wire with a turn diameter of about 2.6 cm (1.0 inch). The length of the whip – excluding the turns at the base – is ...

Thank you SrormiNorm for your "constructive" criticism.

I take it that you haven't actually experimented with the setup described in my original message above and your internet experience is limited. OK then, let's look briefly at the risk of having the setup hacked in a number of cases:

i. Direct ...

Hi Zeus,

Sure, why not? Drop a line to PCS to check for delivery details. From past experience, it takes about 5 to 7 working days for air mail originating in Europe to reach Australia.

Hi “Anonymous”,

Even though I agree with your statements concerning the importance of the aerial system with respect to the transmission range, I think that you missed my point.

The PC MAX series is unique because it is integrated within the PC and the FM exciter is under software control. To my ...

It all started with the idea of reducing the length of coax from the PCI MAX to the antenna. The more I looked at the 25m of RG-58 leading from my PC, across my room, the hall and out to the balcony, the more I could see an overextended and expensive dummy load (depending on the quality of the coax ...

Here is a suggestion for a new product in the PCI MAX series, which would boost the power output of the PCI MAX card. Comments from other PCI MAX users or potential users are welcome. You never know; if there is sufficient interest, Marko may consider realising this project :wink:

The PCI MAX is a ...

Hi BigJimW,

As I wrote in my report (5th para), the OS used was Win XP. But I have also run the PC MAX software on Win98 and Win Millenium platforms.

Hi folks,

This is a brief report on some tests with the PC MAX card, during my recent holidays "down under".

Following my purchase of the PCI MAX unit, I decided to give away my 2 year-old PC MAX, as a present to a friend.

As this friend of mine lives in a smaller city (Hobart, Australia), I ...